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    17 December 1998

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    • A pair of porcelain Figures of
    Lot 135

    A pair of porcelain Figures of a Finnish Man and Woman

    BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICOLAS II, 1912

    Price realised

    GBP 2,185

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    A pair of porcelain Figures of a Finnish Man and Woman
    by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicolas II, 1912
    Realistically modelled, in traditional costume, on circular bases, marked under bases
    15.3/8in. (39cm.) high and slightly smaller (2)

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    Lot Essay

    From the series 'The Peoples of Russia' modelled by Pavel Pavlovich Kamenskii (1858-1922), who worked at the Imperial Porcelain Factory from 1907 to 1917, these figures had, besides the factory mark, the name of the figures impressed in the clay. For eleven figures from the series see Galina Agarkova and Nataliya Petrova, 250 Years of Lomonosov Porcelain Manufacture St. Petersburg 1744-1994, (St. Petersburg, 1994), pp. 96-99 illustrated.

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