5 June 2019 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House
5 June 2019
* 378.
Two Porcelain Figurines of a Peasant Balalaika Player and a Peasant with a Wood Cart
800–1,200 GBP
PRIVATE MANUFACTORY, 19TH CENTURY
Height 16 cm each.
Realistically modelled and painted, a peasant playing the balalaika, wearing a traditional Russian belted kaftan shirt, green striped trousers, black boots and hat, another peasant also wearing a white traditional kaftan shirt and black hat wheeling a cart, both on naturalistic moulded bases, apparently unmarked.
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