Lot Essay
For similar models of a yard keeper, see O. Sosnina, Gardner: Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, p. 107, no. 17.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART II
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A YARD KEEPER
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1820-1830S
Details
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A YARD KEEPER
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1820-1830s
Realistically modelled and painted as a yard keeper, wearing a white apron, blue and white printed shirt and holding a broom, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
6½ in. (16.4 cm.) high
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1820-1830s
Realistically modelled and painted as a yard keeper, wearing a white apron, blue and white printed shirt and holding a broom, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
6½ in. (16.4 cm.) high
Provenance
With Galerie Popoff, Paris, 1974 (label under base).
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