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For a similar model of a Cossack, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 134 and 138.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790s
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COSSACK 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 blue trousers, a red shirt and a blue kontusz, holding a sword in his left hand, on a circular naturalistic base, moulded with Russian inscription 'Kazak', marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790s
Realistically modelled and painted, a standing figure of a man, wearing blue trousers, a red shirt and a blue kontusz, holding a sword in his left hand, on a circular naturalistic base, moulded with Russian inscription 'Kazak', marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
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