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TWO RARE SATIRICAL PORCELAIN FIGURES OF BEARS
Lot 304 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION

TWO RARE SATIRICAL PORCELAIN FIGURES OF BEARS

BY THE MIKLASHEVSKY FACTORY, CHERNIGOV, CIRCA 1840-1860s

Closed28 November 2016

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GBP 6,000

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TWO RARE SATIRICAL PORCELAIN FIGURES OF BEARS
BY THE MIKLASHEVSKY FACTORY, CHERNIGOV, CIRCA 1840-1860s
One modelled as an inkstand, depicting a bear reading a book; the other modelled as a bear, wearing a nightcap, both marked under bases with red overglaze factory marks, also inscribed and impressed with numerals '50' and '6' respectively
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high and smaller

Specialist note

The present two figures relate to the satirical series of works by the Miklashevsky factory. It is possible to suggest that the series were inspired by Ivan Krylov’s fables and works by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, which were popular at that time.