Sale 1989
New York
|
18 April 2008
Price realised
USD 3,500
Estimate
A Porcelain Group of Peasant Girl on Horseback and a Group of a Dog and Turtle Gardner Factory, Moscow, late 19th century A model of a peasant girl on horseback; a dog sniffing a turtle, marked under bases 7½ in. (19 cm.) and 5 in. (12.7 cm) high (2)
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