Lot Essay
For a similar group model forming part of an inkwell, see V.A. Popov, Russian Porcelain: Private Factories, Leningrad, 1980, no. 100.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A PORCELAIN GROUP MODEL OF A PEASANT RETURNING FROM ARABLE LAND
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1820-1830S
Details
A PORCELAIN GROUP MODEL OF A PEASANT RETURNING FROM ARABLE LAND
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1820-1830s
The cover of an inkwell, modelled as a peasant riding a fatigued white horse, on a naturalistic rectangular base moulded with leaves, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark and impressed numeral '2'
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1820-1830s
The cover of an inkwell, modelled as a peasant riding a fatigued white horse, on a naturalistic rectangular base moulded with leaves, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark and impressed numeral '2'
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1993, lot 246.
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