Porcelain tazza from the Kremlin service, the Imperial Porcelain Factory (St. Petersburg), period of Alexander II (1855-1881). In the center, the bowl is painted with Tsarist eagle on green rosette. The exterior is with stylized floral designs against solid gold ground. Height 3 1/2 in. (9 cm). Diameter 8 5/8 in. (22 cm).
The service was made for the Great Kremlin Palace and was used at coronations and other important banquets, such as Romanov dynasty Tercentenary celebration in 1913.
The design of this tazza derived from the 17th century gold Turkish bowl owned by Tsarina Natalia (1651-1694). Therefore its decoration combined Oriental and Old Russian motifs. The tazza is coated with gilding to look like its gold prototype.
$26,000.00
Green factory mark in the form of Alexander II cipher (on foot) and decorator's Cyrillic initials 'ts d' (under base).
Condition: minor wear to gilding on rim, faint scratches to polished gold ground from use.
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