Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 174*
A large porcelain model of peasant childrenGardner Factory, Moscow, late 19th century
7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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A large porcelain model of peasant children
Gardner Factory, Moscow, late 19th century
realistically modelled as a young girl dressed in an embroidered white shirt, green skirt and blue kerchief, holding a small toddler in a loose shirt and with a basket with summer blooms, on naturalistic round stand, propped with a porcelain post painted to look like a tree stump, with red stamped factory mark and impressed number '133'
height: 26.5cm (10 3/8in).
realistically modelled as a young girl dressed in an embroidered white shirt, green skirt and blue kerchief, holding a small toddler in a loose shirt and with a basket with summer blooms, on naturalistic round stand, propped with a porcelain post painted to look like a tree stump, with red stamped factory mark and impressed number '133'
height: 26.5cm (10 3/8in).
Footnotes
This porcelain figure is modelled after the subject depicted in the very popular painting 'The Young Nurse' by Khariton Platonov (1842-1907). Painted in 1886 the work was exhibited in 1889 and popularized through illustrations in magazines and postcards.