The sale is spearheaded by masterpieces of gilding and painting in porcelain from the reign of Nicholas I, including eight plates from the Military Service and an impressive ormolu-mounted vase painted after Franz van Mieris the Elder.

Imperial Porcelain from the Reign of Nicholas I

Highlights from an Important Private Collection, United Kingdom

‘Peoples of Russia’ and ‘Traders and Sellers’: A Commission from an Empress

A museum-quality collection of figures from the 'Peoples of Russia' and ‘Traders and Sellers’’ series from the period of Catherine the Great (1762-1796)

We are delighted to offer two feats of pictorial enamel on silverware with a magnificent pictorial centrepiece and bratina, both by Nikolai Tarabrov.

Masterpieces of Silver and Pictorial Enamel

The icons section is also highlighted by finely enamelled works by Russia's most reputable craftsmen including Ovchinnikov, Postnikov and Kurlyukov, as well as silver, Art Nouveau icons beautifully chased by Ivan Alekseev and Sergei Zharov).The sale also features a curated selection of works from two highly significant collections of panel icons: the Loverdos Collection; and that of Dmitry Apazidis.

Important Icons

Highlights of Important Icons

Our selection of Soviet porcelain is led by a Soviet porcelain figural group 'Radio for the Village', the original piece made by Naum Kongiser for the Art of the Peoples of the USSR exhibition in Moscow, held in 1927 in honour of the 10th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

Soviet Porcelain

London

International Head of Decorative Arts | Global Head of Fabergé & Russian Works of Art

Helen Culver Smith

Department Assistant

Sinead Rampersad

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Bringing together both Works of Art and Paintings in a combined sale for the first time in nearly two decades, this sale presents the diversity of artwork created by Russia’s most exemplary craftsmen in all categories.

Fabergé, Imperial & Revolutionary Art