AUCTION # 30: RUSSIAN APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART

AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN PORCELAIN PLATE 19TH CEN.

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,000 - $2,500

Buyer's premium:

A Russian (possibly by the Imperial Porcelain Factory) plate richly decorated with gilding with a painting in the center, probably depicting the goddess of spring Flora, accompanied by Cupid. Unmarked. Russia, circa 1820.

Dimensions: D: 9 1/8 in., (23 cm.)

Condition: Good overall with two minor spots of the paint loss toward the bottom and partial loss of the gilding on the rim.