Lot 283
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A WATER CARRIER ('VODONOSKA')
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A WATER CARRIER ('VODONOSKA')

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1816-20

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A WATER CARRIER ('VODONOSKA')
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1816-20
Realistically modelled and painted after a model by S.S. Pimenov, wearing a green sarafan, white shirt and gold kokoshnik, carrying a simulated wood yoke suspending two buckets, on a naturalistic circular base, apparently unmarked
9.5/8 in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of G.F. Mazzoleni, Milan, 1974 (label under base).

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Lot Essay

S. S. Pimenov (1784-1883) modelled the figure of Vodonoska (the water carrier) at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in 1817. Inspired by his friendship and association with artists such as Aleksei Venetsianov, Alexander Orlovsky and Orest Kiprensky, his figural work progressed from classical to naturalistic in style. For a similar model of this figure, see G. Agarkhova, N. Petrova, 250 Years of Lomonosov Porcelain Manufacture St Petersburg 1744-1994, Disentis, 1994, p. 49.

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