Lot Essay
For a similar figure of a peasant man playing the balaika, see V.A. Popov, Russian Porcelain: Private Factories, Leningrad, 1980, no.164 (part).
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT MAN PLAYING THE BALALAIKA
BY THE KISELEV PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT MAN PLAYING THE BALALAIKA
BY THE KISELEV PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled and painted as a peasant playing the balalaika, seated, wearing turquoise-green coat, pink trousers and gilt lapti, on a rectangular base with gilt sides, marked under base with impressed factory mark
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
BY THE KISELEV PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled and painted as a peasant playing the balalaika, seated, wearing turquoise-green coat, pink trousers and gilt lapti, on a rectangular base with gilt sides, marked under base with impressed factory mark
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
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