27 Nov 2013 Russian Art Auctions
27 November 2013
436. A FAIENCE FIGURE GROUP "BANYA"
NEW KONAKOVO
Height 36.5 cm.
1,500–2,000 GBP
Whimsically modelled as a couple engaged in a sauna, the standing female wearing a turban and yellow towel and wielding a venik, the man seated on a wooden bench, holding a mug and wearing a small towel, the water-barrel and basin close by, on an irregularly shaped base modelled as a wooden floor, apparently unmarked.
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