A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR FROM THE 'VENDORS AND CRAFTSMEN' SERIES

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR FROM THE 'VENDORS AND CRAFTSMEN' SERIES

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, 1780-1790S

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR FROM THE 'VENDORS AND CRAFTSMEN' SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, 1780-1790S
Realistically modelled and painted, the standing figure of a man wearing a turquoise coat and white apron, holding a basket on his shoulders and a black hat in his left hand, standing on a circular naturalistic base, apparently unmarked
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

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These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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Lot Essay

For similar models of an ice cream vendor, see T.V. Kudriavtseva, Russkii Imperatorskiy Farfor, St Petersburg, 2003, p. 70, and A.K. Lanceray, Russian Porcelain, The Art of the First Russian Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, 1968, pl. 41. A comparable figure was sold Christie’s, 24 November 2014, lot 358.

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