A silver model of a Dancing Peasant

ST. PETERSBURG, WITH INDISTINCT MAKER'S INITIALS, CIRCA 1890

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A silver model of a Dancing Peasant
St. Petersburg, with indistinct maker's initials, circa 1890
Realistically cast, one foot on naturalistic ground, marked on base
3½in. (8.8cm.) high
128 gr. gross

Lot Essay

The model of a dancing peasant appeared often in Russian Art, it appeared either as a porcelain figure of on the Lukutin papier maché boxes; even the Fabergé firm used it for one of the hardstone figures which is now in the Forbes Collection.

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