Pair of vases (vase grec Duplessis rectifié)

In 1782 the Russian crown prince –later Tsar Paul I –and his consort sojourned in Paris. They visited the porcelain factory in Sèvres, where King Louis XVI made them a generous gift of numerous pieces of porcelain. They themselves bough many items, including these two vases. The couple displayed them in their palace in Pavlovsk.

Pair of vases (vase grec Duplessis rectifié)

In 1782 the Russian crown prince –later Tsar Paul I –and his consort sojourned in Paris. They visited the porcelain factory in Sèvres, where King Louis XVI made them a generous gift of numerous pieces of porcelain. They themselves bough many items, including these two vases. The couple displayed them in their palace in Pavlovsk.