4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions
4 June 2014
* 504. A RARE BISCUIT PORCELAIN DOUBLE CANDLESTICK HOLDER
GARDNER MANUFACTORY, MOSCOW, MID 19TH CENTURY
Height 19 cm.
3,000–5,000 GBP
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Russian Pictures, Works of Art and Icons, Sotheby’s Olympia London, 20 May 2005, lot 246.
A barefooted girl, wearing a patterned lilac-coloured skirt and white chemise, riding astride a grey horse between two candlestick holders modelled as birch-trees, impressed and stamped with red manufactory marks.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.