a) the sky blue bodied cup and saucer with extensive floral gilding, the cavetto of the saucer and the interior of the cup hand-painted with a colorful bird perched on a tree branch, diameter of saucer: 15 cm. (5 7/8 in.), height of cup: 5.5 cm. (2 1/8 in.), each with a blue Imperial Nicholas I mark on base; b) the cornflower blue cup and saucer decorated with gilded rose-filled cartouches, the interior walls of the cup fully gilded, the Imperial warrant of Alexander I on the cavetto of the saucer, diameter of saucer: 13.9 cm. (5 ? in.), height of cup: 7.2 cm. (2 7/8 in.), each with a green Imperial Alexander II mark on base


PROVENANCE:
Sotheby`s New York, October 6, 1994 lot 356