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CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE GROUP OF A WINTER TROIKA
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
On a naturalistic oval base, cast as a coachman driving a troika, with a couple in the sleigh, signed on base 'Mod.[elled by] GRACHEV.' in Cyrillic with foundry mark 'FABR. C.F. WOERFEL. / ST. PETERSBURG.' in Cyrillic
9 1⁄2 in. (24.1 in.) long
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY VASILII GRACHEV, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
On a naturalistic oval base, cast as a coachman driving a troika, with a couple in the sleigh, signed on base 'Mod.[elled by] GRACHEV.' in Cyrillic with foundry mark 'FABR. C.F. WOERFEL. / ST. PETERSBURG.' in Cyrillic
9 1⁄2 in. (24.1 in.) long
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in the 1970s.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art