A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT MAN PLAYING THE BALALAIKA
BY THE POPOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1830-1850s
Realistically modelled and painted as a peasant playing the balalaika, wearing a traditional Russian belted rubakha, blue trousers, black boots and brown hat, on an oval base moulded with gilt scrolls, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark and impressed letter ‘A’
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT MAN PLAYING THE BALALAIKA
BY THE POPOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, 1830-1850s
Realistically modelled and painted as a peasant playing the balalaika, wearing a traditional Russian belted rubakha, blue trousers, black boots and brown hat, on an oval base moulded with gilt scrolls, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark and impressed letter ‘A’
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
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