A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A KAZAN TATAR WOMAN FROM THE ‘PEOPLES OF RUSSIA’ SERIES

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

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A KAZAN TATAR WOMAN FROM THE ‘PEOPLES OF RUSSIA’ SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790s
Realistically modelled and painted, a standing figure of a woman, in full-length traditional turquoise dress, wearing a lilac hat, on a circular naturalistic base, moulded with Russian inscription 'Kazan. tatarka', apparently unmarked
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high

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For a similar model of a Kazan Tatar woman, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 134-135.
Similar models of a Kazan Tatar woman are held in the collections of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg and the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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