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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PORCELAIN GROUP OF ANIMALS DEPICTING 'THE QUARTET'
BY THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, CIRCA 1960S
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A PORCELAIN GROUP OF ANIMALS DEPICTING 'THE QUARTET'
BY THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, CIRCA 1960S
All humoristically modelled and painted after a fable by Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) 'The Quartet', the figures depicting a bear playing the bass, a donkey and a goat playing the cello and a monkey playing the violin, the bear with traces of the Lomonosov factory mark, the bear and donkey with numeral '77', and the goat and monkey with numeral '83'
The bear, 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high and smaller
BY THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, CIRCA 1960S
All humoristically modelled and painted after a fable by Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) 'The Quartet', the figures depicting a bear playing the bass, a donkey and a goat playing the cello and a monkey playing the violin, the bear with traces of the Lomonosov factory mark, the bear and donkey with numeral '77', and the goat and monkey with numeral '83'
The bear, 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high and smaller
Provenance
Galerie Popoff; Christie's, London, 12-13 October 2009, lot 335.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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