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Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev (Russian, 1831-1905): A patinated bronze figural group of a troika passing a peasant sleigh

29 November 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £11,475 inc. premium

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Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev (Russian, 1831-1905): A patinated bronze figural group of a troika passing a peasant sleigh

The former drawn by three horses, the latter by a single horse, on a rectangular naturalistic base, signed to the front left-hand corner in Cyrillic, the rear inscribed FABR.C.R.WOERFFEL ST.PETERSBOURG 52cm wide, 22.5cm high, 29cm deep

Footnotes

A similar bronze group was sold Christies, London, 6th March, 2014, lot 44 and a further bronze cast was sold Christies, 29th November 2010, lot 443.

Literature
A similar cast is illustrated in C. Payne, Animals in Bronze, Antique Collectors' Club, 1986, p. 387, M32.

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