RUSSIAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A RUSSIAN GARDNER PORCELAIN FIGURINE LATE 19TH C

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

Buyer's premium: 25%

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An antique porcelain figurine of the Gardner factory "A man with a hunk of bread" from the famous series "Pictures of People’s Life". Depicts a man in a coat, who sits on a wooden block, taking off his shoes and a hat, and sprinkles salt on a hunk of black bread. The figurine is executed at a high level, neatly painted, without chips or cracks. Marked on the base with a red overglaze stamp of the Gardner Factory in Moscow under a double-headed eagle; a pressed into the mass "Gardner" stamp under the coat of arms of Moscow, a number "5" and a handwritten brown number "122".

Dimensions: H: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.)

Condition: Excellent