A Russian porcelain figure of a Gilyak man, Imperial Porcelain factory, c.1912-15, from the Peoples

A Russian porcelain figure of a Gilyak man, Imperial Porcelain factory, c.1912-15, from the Peoples of Russia series modelled by Pavel Kamensky, standing on a rocky base, wearing traditional Gilyak clothing with sheathed knives to his belt, incised signature to the base, 20cm.

Provenance: a private English collection. Acquired in Latvia during the 1920s and thence by familial descent.

Cf. State Hermitage Museum, inventory number: Мз-И-1778 for a larger version.