26 November 2014 Russian Art Auctions
26 November 2014
310. A PORCELAIN COMPOSITION “PEASANT FAMILY”
AFTER A MODEL BY AUGUST SPIESS, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II (1855–1881), 1860s
Height 11.5 cm.
4,000–6,000 GBP
Related literature: For similar works, see E. Khmelnitskaya,
Avgust Spiess i Imperatorskiy farforovyi zavod. Zhizn’,
posvyaschennaya farforu, Moscow, Lyubimaya Kniga, 2012,
p.228
Realistically modelled group of a father and mother seated on
a log playing with their child, the father barefoot and wearing
a coral pink tunic and trousers, supporting the infant on his knee
with his left hand and clasping the mother’s wrist with his right,
the playful infant dressed in a white chemise, the mother
dressed in a white blouse and pale blue skirt clasping the
child’s knee with her left hand, on a circular naturalistic base
with a platter of five fish on the ground, with impressed initials
“AP” in Cyrillic under base.
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.