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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SAMOED FROM THE 'PEOPLES OF RUSSIA' SERIES
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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SAMOED FROM THE 'PEOPLES OF RUSSIA' SERIES

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790S

Closed25 November 2013

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SAMOED FROM THE 'PEOPLES OF RUSSIA' SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790s
Realistically modelled and painted, wearing a fur coat with covered head, with a quiver and arrows on his back and a bow in his left hand, on shaped circular naturalistic base, moulded with Cyrillic inscription 'Samaet' at the back of the base apparently unmarked; with incised Cyrillic 'ST' under base
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high

With Galerie Popoff, Paris, 1976 (label under base).

Specialist note

For a similar model of a Samoed, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, p. 134 (fig. 2) and M. Baruch, et al., Shedevry Russkogo Farfora XVIII Veka iz Sobraniya Galerei 'Popov & Co' (Masterpieces of Russian 18th Century Porcelain, from the Collection of 'Popov & Co'), Moscow, 2009, p. 21.