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For a comparable flask, see V.A. Popov, Russian Porcelain: Private Factories, Leningrad, 1980, no. 99.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION, PART II
A PORCELAIN FLASK IN A FORM OF A MONK
BY THE KHRAPUNOV-NOVIY FACTORY, KUZYAEVO, CIRCA 1820S
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A PORCELAIN FLASK IN A FORM OF A MONK
BY THE KHRAPUNOV-NOVIY FACTORY, KUZYAEVO, CIRCA 1820S
Realistically modelled as a monk in a white gown, carrying a wheat sheaf on his back concealing a small girl, the detachable top of his head-piece formed as a flask cover, marked under base with impressed factory mark
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
BY THE KHRAPUNOV-NOVIY FACTORY, KUZYAEVO, CIRCA 1820S
Realistically modelled as a monk in a white gown, carrying a wheat sheaf on his back concealing a small girl, the detachable top of his head-piece formed as a flask cover, marked under base with impressed factory mark
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
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