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Lot 161*

A porcelain figure of a bast shoe maker
Gardner Factory, Moscow, late 19th - early 20th century

1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,200

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A porcelain figure of a bast shoe maker

Gardner Factory, Moscow, late 19th - early 20th century
modelled as a seated street cobbler dressed in traditional Russian rubakha repairing a bast shoe, on a rectangular base, marked under base with overglaze red factory mark and impressed number '1651'
height: 13.4cm (5 1/4in).

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Provenance
Acquired by a distinguished European businessman in the 1960s in Russia
Thence by descent to an important private collection, Europe


For a comparable 1830-1840s model in the collection of SMC 'Kuskovo', see Gardner XVIII-XIX. Porcelain Plastic Arts from Private Collections and Moscow Museums, Moscow, 2002, p. 281, no. 18.

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