English and European Ceramics and Glass - 21st April 2015
Lot 309
A Russian bisque porcelain figure of an Eijnar Laplander Mother and Child late 19th century
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £3200
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Description
A Russian bisque porcelain figure of an Eijnar Laplander Mother and Child late 19th century, from the People of Russia series, each swaddled in fur clothes, the mother seated on a rocky stump with the child on her lap, titled to the front of the base, impressed mark, 20cm.
The figures from this series were derived from a book by T de Pauli published in 1861 and titled Description Ethnografique ded People de la Russe.