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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A CHINESE WOMAN
Lot 312 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A CHINESE WOMAN

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1911

Closed24 November 2014

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GBP 25,000

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A CHINESE WOMAN
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1911
Realistically modelled as a standing figure of a Chinese woman wearing a traditional dark blue dress, a turquoise cloak with red sleeves, decorated with butterflies and flowers, on an naturalistic circular base, after the model by P. Kamenskii, inscribed on base 'P. Kamenskii / 1911', also further inscribed ‘Exec.[uted by] P.Shmakov’, marked inside the base with green factory mark and date 1908; inscribed under base in Russian ‘Kitayanka’
15 in. (38 cm.) high

Specialist note

Beginning in the late 18th century, the Imperial Porcelain Factory produced several series of figures depicting the peoples of the Russian Empire in their native costume. The present lot belongs to the last such series, begun in 1907 by the sculptor Pavel Kamenskii (1858-1923). Working from models in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography and the Department of Ethnography of the Russian Museum, Kamenskii strove to depict his subjects with the utmost accuracy. For another example of this model, see T. Nosovich and N. Popova, The State Porcelain Factory 1904-1944, St Petersburg, 2005, illustrated p. 147.