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BY THE KORNILOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1917
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FOUR PORCELAIN PLATES
BY THE KORNILOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1917
Each circular, the centres painted with various scenes from Russian fairy tales, after Ivan Bilibin (1878-1942) and signed in Cyrillic 'I. Bilibin', with gilt borders, the rims painted with a varicolour border of hexagons containing forest animals alternating with trees, each marked under base with a printed factory mark and numbered
Each, 10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter
BY THE KORNILOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1917
Each circular, the centres painted with various scenes from Russian fairy tales, after Ivan Bilibin (1878-1942) and signed in Cyrillic 'I. Bilibin', with gilt borders, the rims painted with a varicolour border of hexagons containing forest animals alternating with trees, each marked under base with a printed factory mark and numbered
Each, 10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 April 1996, lot 135.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Special Notice
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