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Circa 1896 Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg Porcelain, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding Height: 11.4 cm On the one side in an oval medallion on a golden background with plant ornament is a depiction of the Sainted Price Vladimir wearing a crown and red mantle and holding a cross. The green frame is embellished with a garland of leaves. On the reverse, in another green frame with a garland of leaves on a pale blue background is an ornamented Greek cross with Christ Pantocrator in the centre. A pattern of stars and rosettes surrounds the cross. The prototype for the painting was the image of St Vladimir created by Victor Vasnetsov in St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev. |
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