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Lot Essay
Alisa Brusketti-Mitrokhina (1872-1942) created the model of the ‘Bourgeois Selling Her Wares At a Market’ in 1918, reflecting the social changes in life of the Russian nobility after the Revolution of 1917. The model became extremely popular in Russia as well as abroad, and additional figurines were produced over the next few years. The present lot has a Jubilee mark of 1923, but is dated ‘1919’ in the foreground as a reference to the historical past.
The woman is a representative of the Russian aristocracy, forced to sell her fine possessions in order to meet her basic needs after the Revolution. Her face is veiled, suggesting her diminished position in society. Her appearance provides a strong visual image of the changes brought about by the new Soviet regime.
A comparable figurine dated circa 1925 was sold Sotheby's, London, 3 June 2014, lot 534. For other comparable models, see E. Sametskaya, Sovetskii Agitatsionyi Farfor, Moscow, 2004, p. 84, no. 1 [1], and N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, London, 1990, p. 92, no. 86.
The woman is a representative of the Russian aristocracy, forced to sell her fine possessions in order to meet her basic needs after the Revolution. Her face is veiled, suggesting her diminished position in society. Her appearance provides a strong visual image of the changes brought about by the new Soviet regime.
A comparable figurine dated circa 1925 was sold Sotheby's, London, 3 June 2014, lot 534. For other comparable models, see E. Sametskaya, Sovetskii Agitatsionyi Farfor, Moscow, 2004, p. 84, no. 1 [1], and N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, London, 1990, p. 92, no. 86.