Pair of plates of the Kremlin service in polychrome porcelain, decorated in the center with the imperial eagle of Russia according to the old style on a green background, in a frame of stylized roses and foliage, the border decorated with a frieze of scrolls and flowers on a gold background.
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Nicholas I period (1825-1855).
Marks in blue underglaze.
Inventory numbers in red.
D. 22 cm.
Provenance
Christie's Geneva sale "Russian Works of Art and Fabergé", 12 November 1986, lot 36.
History
Commissioned by Tsar Nicholas I for his Moscow residence, the Kremlin service was created between 1837 and 1838. The project of the decoration was elaborated by the academician Feodor Grigorievich Solntsev, a great connoisseur of the popular and decorative arts of ancient Russia, a painter and the author of a famous book "Antiquities of the Russian Land". Nicholas I demanded that the service should reflect the Russo-Byzantine style of the Great Kremlin Palace. Solntsev was inspired by the antiques kept in the Kremlin Palace of Armor, including the toilet service of Natalia Narychkina, mother of Peter the Great. Thus was born the idea of the thick gilding that covers almost the entire surface of the porcelain and serves as a background for the decoration.
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