Successively coming from the collections of the count Alexander Stroganoff, the prince Potemkin at the Tauride palace, and from the russian imperial collections at the MIKHAILOVSKY CASTLE in Saint-Petersburg.
Chased and gilded bronze mounts: Saint-Petersburg, end of the 18th century.
H. 75 cm. (29 ½ in.); L. 57.5 cm.(22 ½ in.).
PROVENANCE: almost certainly ordered as part of a set of six vases by the Count Alexandre Stroganov in the 1780s and delivered to Saint-Petersburg in 1789; almost certainly delivered along with two other vases from the sic to Prince Grigory Potemkin for the Tauride Palace, Saint-Petersburg, in 1790; these four vases then moved to Mikhailovsky Castle, Saint-Petersburg, circa 1802-1804, at which time the chased and gilded bronze mounts were added; probably sold or gifted with contents of the Mikhailovsky Castle following the death of Tsar Paul in 1801; collection of Madame Innocenti, Milan; collection of Maurice Segoura, Paris.
