Lot Essay
For a similar figure, but differently painted, from the collection of the Kuskovo Museum, see V. A. Popov, Russian porcelain: the private factories, Moscow, 1980, p. 294, illustration 20.
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1770-1780S
Details
A porcelain figure of a gardener
by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, 1770-1780s
Realistically modelled, a figure of a bare-foot young man leaning against a tree-trunk, in a white shirt and green jacket with gilt buttons, short pink striped trousers and black hat, carrying a basket filled with vegetables, on shaped base, marked under base with red overglaze Cyrillic 'G' and incised circle, with an old paper label with number '396'
7 3/8 in. (18.5 cm.) high
by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, 1770-1780s
Realistically modelled, a figure of a bare-foot young man leaning against a tree-trunk, in a white shirt and green jacket with gilt buttons, short pink striped trousers and black hat, carrying a basket filled with vegetables, on shaped base, marked under base with red overglaze Cyrillic 'G' and incised circle, with an old paper label with number '396'
7 3/8 in. (18.5 cm.) high
Literature
Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 191.
Exhibited
Brussels, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, Le Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles, 1928.
Sèvres, Musée céramique de Sèvres, Exposition de ceramiques russes anciennes, April-October 1929, cat. 274, p. 11.
London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June-13 July 1935, p. 42, number CM.
Sèvres, Musée céramique de Sèvres, Exposition de ceramiques russes anciennes, April-October 1929, cat. 274, p. 11.
London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June-13 July 1935, p. 42, number CM.
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