A PORCELAIN VASE

A PORCELAIN VASE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, 1875

Slightly tapering cylindrical, on a spreading foot with gilt lower border, one side painted with Imperial keeper of the hounds (borziatnik) surrounded by three greyhounds, the other side with hunting weapons and trophies in a snowy landscape, signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘A. Tychagin. 1875.’, marked under base with green underglaze factory mark

19 in. (48.5 cm.) high