Lot Essay
For a similar model of a pilgrim from a private collection, see O. Sosnina, Gardner: Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, pp. 160-161, no. 96.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART IV
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PILGRIM
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1830S
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PILGRIM
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1830s
Realistically modelled and painted as a pilgrim, resting on a stick, wearing an unglazed brown robe and blue trousers, black belt and a hat, on a circular naturalistic base moulded with gilt scrolls, marked under base with impressed factory marks, also impressed with numeral ‘7’and inscribed with numeral ‘1’
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1830s
Realistically modelled and painted as a pilgrim, resting on a stick, wearing an unglazed brown robe and blue trousers, black belt and a hat, on a circular naturalistic base moulded with gilt scrolls, marked under base with impressed factory marks, also impressed with numeral ‘7’and inscribed with numeral ‘1’
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
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