Lot Essay
For a comparable figure, see L. Nikiforova, Russian Porcelain in the Hermitage Collection, St Petersburg, 1973, pl. 132.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A MORDOVIAN WOMAN FROM THE ‘PEOPLES OF RUSSIA’ SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II (1894-1917)
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A MORDOVIAN WOMAN FROM THE ‘PEOPLES OF RUSSIA’ SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II (1894-1917)
A standing figure of a woman, wearing a traditional costume, after a model by Pavel Kamensky, marked under base with partially erased green printed factory mark, incised with Russian inscription ‘A Mordovian / [from] the Moksha tribe’ and initials ‘IZ’ probably for Ivan Zotov
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II (1894-1917)
A standing figure of a woman, wearing a traditional costume, after a model by Pavel Kamensky, marked under base with partially erased green printed factory mark, incised with Russian inscription ‘A Mordovian / [from] the Moksha tribe’ and initials ‘IZ’ probably for Ivan Zotov
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
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