**SAINT-PETERSBURG IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, AFTER AUG - Lot 91

**SAINT-PETERSBURG IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, AFTER AUGUST SPIESS. Important BUST of Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796) in partially glazed white porcelain, depicting the sovereign in a fur collar and wearing the sash of the Order of St. Andrew of Russia. Her hair, tied at the back of her head, falls in braids to her shoulders, she is laurelled and wears a kokochnik. The bust rests on a square base mounted on a circular porcelain pedestal. On the reverse, a green mark with the figure of Alexander II under a crown. Work of the Imperial Porcelain Factory of St. Petersburg, reign of Emperor Alexander II (1855-1881). Height : 35 cm. Diameter of pedestal: 14.5 cm. (Repaints, restorations on the reverse and presence of a ground mark). ****Import VAT is payable by the buyer, i.e. 5.5% of the price including costs, in addition to the auction price.