Lot Essay
For a nearly identical model of a shepherd, see O. Sosnina, Gardner: Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, p. 22, no. 2.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART IV
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SHEPHERD
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1830-1840S
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SHEPHERD
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1830-1840s
Realistically modelled and painted as a seated shepherd, wearing a black hat, an unglazed blue coat, striped trousers, and bast shoes, holding a flute, with a lamb at his feet, on a circular naturalistic base moulded with gilt scrolls, marked under base with impressed factory marks and blue underglaze factory mark, also inscribed with numerals ‘N. 2 9’
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1830-1840s
Realistically modelled and painted as a seated shepherd, wearing a black hat, an unglazed blue coat, striped trousers, and bast shoes, holding a flute, with a lamb at his feet, on a circular naturalistic base moulded with gilt scrolls, marked under base with impressed factory marks and blue underglaze factory mark, also inscribed with numerals ‘N. 2 9’
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
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