Lot Essay
For a similar model, see L. Nikiforova, Russian Porcelain in the Hermitage Collection, St. Petersburg, 1973, pl. 78.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART III
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A MOWER
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A MOWER
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled and painted as a mower, wearing a black hat, traditional Russian belted rubakha, blue striped trousers and black shoes, sharpening a scythe, on a circular shaped naturalistic base, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled and painted as a mower, wearing a black hat, traditional Russian belted rubakha, blue striped trousers and black shoes, sharpening a scythe, on a circular shaped naturalistic base, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
With Galerie Popoff, Paris, 1974.
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