Lot 272
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A FINNISH MAN (MAIMIST) FROM THE 'PEOPLES OF RUSSIA' SERIES
PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART II
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A FINNISH MAN (MAIMIST) FROM THE 'PEOPLES OF RUSSIA' SERIES

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790S

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A FINNISH MAN (MAIMIST) FROM THE 'PEOPLES OF RUSSIA' SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790s
Realistically modelled and painted, a standing figure of a man, wearing a black hat, a grey coat with orange collar, carrying a basket of vegetables and holding a knife in his right hand, on a circular shaped naturalistic base, moulded with Russian inscription 'Maimist' at the back of the base, apparently unmarked
8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high
Provenance
With Galerie Popoff, Paris, 1973 (label under base).

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Lot Essay

For a similar model of a native Finnish Man (Maimist), see M. Baruch, et al., Shedevry Russkogo Farfora XVIII Veka iz Sobraniya Galerei 'Popov & Co' [Masterpieces of Russian 18th Century Porcelain, from the Collection of 'Popov & Co'], Moscow, 2009, p. 21.
For another similar model, also see A.K. Lanceray, Russian Porcelain, The Art of the First Russian Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, 1968, pl. 41.

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