Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 147*
Two porcelain decorative panels Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, 1834-1835, artists Lev Spiridonov and Prokhor Lifantiev
1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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Jacqueline Senior
Catalogue Administration Manager
Two porcelain decorative panels
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, 1834-1835, artists Lev Spiridonov and Prokhor Lifantiev
both of rectangular form; larger panel painted with gilded oval reserve centring a formal floral arrangement in a vase above suspended ivy garland, flanked by two clusters of harvest symbols executed in cisele gilding, all within rococo floral outline, signed in Cyrillic along lower margin '33. Decoration. Composed and Executed by Artist Lev Spiridonov 1834 year'; smaller panel decorated with fine cisele gilded neo-classica border on top and a pair of gilded arabesques on the bottom, all against rich lavender background, signed in Cyrillic along the lower margin 'Painted by Master Prokhor Lifantiev, October 1835'
first: 19 x 24cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2in); second: 12 x 18cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/8in).
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both of rectangular form; larger panel painted with gilded oval reserve centring a formal floral arrangement in a vase above suspended ivy garland, flanked by two clusters of harvest symbols executed in cisele gilding, all within rococo floral outline, signed in Cyrillic along lower margin '33. Decoration. Composed and Executed by Artist Lev Spiridonov 1834 year'; smaller panel decorated with fine cisele gilded neo-classica border on top and a pair of gilded arabesques on the bottom, all against rich lavender background, signed in Cyrillic along the lower margin 'Painted by Master Prokhor Lifantiev, October 1835'
first: 19 x 24cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2in); second: 12 x 18cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/8in).
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Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 16 April 2013, lots 152 and 153
Private American collection
Lev Spiridonov and Prokhor Lifantiev were among the most talented painter-decorators working at the Imperial Porcelain Factory during the reign of Nicholas I, who were able to experiment with decorative techniques and to mastered new, expanded colour palette, which included lead-based fluxes and oxide tints allowing for a subtlety of expression that truly rivalled oil painting on canvas. These rare surviving examples of porcelain ware beautifully illustrate the highest level of technical accomplishment these masters were celebrated for.