Live Auction 17188Important Russian Art
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR FROM THE 'VENDORS AND CRAFTSMEN' SERIES
Lot 281 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR FROM THE 'VENDORS AND CRAFTSMEN' SERIES

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, 1780-1790S

Closed25 November 2019

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GBP 12,500

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A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR FROM THE 'VENDORS AND CRAFTSMEN' SERIES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, 1780-1790S
Realistically modelled and painted, the standing figure of a man wearing a turquoise coat and white apron, holding a basket on his shoulders and a black hat in his left hand, standing on a circular naturalistic base, apparently unmarked
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Specialist note


For similar models of an ice cream vendor, see T.V. Kudriavtseva, Russkii Imperatorskiy Farfor, St Petersburg, 2003, p. 70, and A.K. Lanceray, Russian Porcelain, The Art of the First Russian Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, 1968, pl. 41. A comparable figure was sold Christie’s, 24 November 2014, lot 358.