Lot Essay
For comparable figures by the Imperial Porcelain Factory from the Kuskovo Museum, see M. Korablev, M. Sokolenko, Antologiia Russkogo Farfora XVIII-nachala XX veka, vol. 6, part 3, Moscow, 2014, pp. 32-33.
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PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1810-1830S
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A LARGE PORCELAIN INKWELL IN THE FORM OF A SBITEN VENDOR
PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1810-1830S
Realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor, wearing a green unglazed coat, pink dotted waist apron, black boots and blue hat, holding a sbiten pot and a cup, standing by a barrel shaped as an inkwell, with a detachable cover, on a circular naturalistic base, apparently unmarked, incised with initials and numerals ‘AK 10’
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1810-1830S
Realistically modelled and painted as a sbiten vendor, wearing a green unglazed coat, pink dotted waist apron, black boots and blue hat, holding a sbiten pot and a cup, standing by a barrel shaped as an inkwell, with a detachable cover, on a circular naturalistic base, apparently unmarked, incised with initials and numerals ‘AK 10’
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
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