Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Property from a Private Collection, France
A Soviet Porcelain Cup and Saucer, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1922
Auction Closed
December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, France
A Soviet Porcelain Cup and Saucer, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1922
by Sergei Chekhonin, the bodies painted in deep blue with gold, red and green stylised flowers and leaves, the plate with the white cavetto with alternating blue and gold borders, the cup with white geometric handle, with IPF mark for Nicholas II, 1905 factory mark and initials 'S.Ch' in Cyrillic, 1922 on the underside
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height of the cup 7.5 cm, 3 in.
Sotheby’s, Russian Sale including the Nicholas Lynn Collection of Soviet Revolutionary Porcelain, London, 19 February 1998, lot 504
Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, London, 1990, no. 114, p. 106
As with the corresponding plate (lot 149), this cup and saucer were the personal property of Chekhonin. He took these pieces with him when he emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1928. For further information, please see Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, no. 114, p. 106