A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE RUSSIAN PORCELAIN VASE, KUZNETSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1875

A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE RUSSIAN PORCELAIN VASE, KUZNETSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1875 exuberantly modelled as an amphora flanked by adorsed griffins on a quatrefoil base, the sienna-colored body applied with feathers and flowerheads, the griffins with chartreuse heads and white cobalt-rimmed feathers, impressed Kuznetsov factory mark and inventory numbers 850, 34 and 61 under base; height: 43.3 cm (17 in.) PROVENANCE Collection of an emigre Georgian family, Israel Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013 For similar model, see: Sotheby's, London, June 9, 2010, lot 753