Lot 297
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A PORCELAIN DESK STAND IN THE FORM OF AN IZBA
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
A PORCELAIN DESK STAND IN THE FORM OF AN IZBA

BY THE POPOV FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1840-1850S

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A PORCELAIN DESK STAND IN THE FORM OF AN IZBA
BY THE POPOV FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1840-1850S
In the form of a traditional izba, with pitched roof, chimney and log walls, with a peasant woman and a man standing by the izba, a wagon wheel modelled as a pen holder, marked under base with underglaze blue mark
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a comparable model of an Izba see O. Sosnina, Gardner: Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, p. 255, no. 17. A similar model was sold Christie’s, New York, 24 April 2009, lot 102.

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