Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2024
Lot 769
A large Russian porcelain figure of a Chinese man, Imperial Porcelain Factory, dated 1914, from the
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £27720
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Description
A large Russian porcelain figure of a Chinese man, Imperial Porcelain Factory, dated 1914, from the Peoples of Russia series modelled by Pavel Kamensky, with a white cloth bag slung over one shoulder, a long plait of hair falling down his back, dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, printed mark, 39cm.
Provenance: a private English collection; acquired in Latvia during the 1920s and thence by familial descent.
Cf. State Hermitage Museum, inventory number: Мз-И-1756 for a similar version.