BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1770-1780
Details
A porcelain group of the 'Musical Couple'
by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, 1770-1780
A realistically modelled group depicting a bare-foot seated woman in a green jacket, striped skirt, white apron and white scarf, playing a hurdy-gurdy, with a gentelman standing beside her, leaning against a tree-trunk, wearing an open pink jacket with a white shirt underneath, striped trousers and a white hat, playing bag pipes carried under his left arm, his pipe at his foot, on a rectangular naturalistic base with gilt rim, apparently unmarked, with two paper labels under base, one with number '394' and another from the Paris Customs
8 3/8 in. (21.4 cm.) high
by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, 1770-1780
A realistically modelled group depicting a bare-foot seated woman in a green jacket, striped skirt, white apron and white scarf, playing a hurdy-gurdy, with a gentelman standing beside her, leaning against a tree-trunk, wearing an open pink jacket with a white shirt underneath, striped trousers and a white hat, playing bag pipes carried under his left arm, his pipe at his foot, on a rectangular naturalistic base with gilt rim, apparently unmarked, with two paper labels under base, one with number '394' and another from the Paris Customs
8 3/8 in. (21.4 cm.) high
Literature
Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 190.
Exhibited
Sèvres, Musée céramique de Sèvres, Exposition de ceramiques russes anciennes, April - October 1929, cat. 270, p. 11.
London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June - 13 July 1935, p. 42, number CJ.
London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June - 13 July 1935, p. 42, number CJ.
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