A. Popov (Russian early 20th Century) Scene from the Russian occupation of Northern Manchuria in...

A. Popov (Russian early 20th Century)

Scene from the Russian occupation of Northern Manchuria in the early 20th Century following the Boxer Rebellion with a parade of Cossacks and a Manchurian waving a horses tail, the symbol of the Cossacks, outside a temple

Signed and dated 1907

Oil on canvas

81 x 135cm; 32 x 53in

Provenance:

From the collection of John Newall Esq.

Sotheby's, 14.11.88, Lot 72

The Cossacks depicted are Far Eastern Cossacks or Amur Cossacks