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Lot 165 · Important Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu

Paul I (1754-1801), Tsar of Russia, facing left in green coat with red collar, frilled white cravat, powdered hair en queue , wearing the cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne and the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew

Russian School, Circa 1790

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Estimate
£800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,167–$1,751
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, London · 28 May 2002
Record ID
TB-2026-6142490
Record
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Russian School, Circa 1790, Paul I (1754-1801), Tsar of Russia, facing left in green coat with red collar, frilled white cravat, powdered hair en queue , wearing the cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne and the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew. Christie's, 28 May 2002, lot 165. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6142490.

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Russian School, Circa 1790, Paul I (1754-1801), Tsar of Russia, facing left in green coat with red collar, frilled white cravat, powdered hair en queue , wearing the cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne and the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew. Christie's, 28 May 2002, lot 165. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6142490.

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From the same sale Important Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu · May 2002

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