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A Russian bisquit figure of a Kolosh man, Gardner manufactory, late 19th Century.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
697 - 872 EUR
730 - 912 USD
Hammer price
52 000 SEK
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Cecilia Nordström
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Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
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A Russian bisquit figure of a Kolosh man, Gardner manufactory, late 19th Century.

Height 28 cm.

Provenance

From the 'Peoples of Russia' series.

Literature

Gardner, Chapter V, Published 2003. Pl 56.

More information

The Gardner factory in Moscow started to produce the ‘People of Russia’ series in the 1870’s, the complete series consists of approximately 50 figures. The series were based on colour lithographies from a book published 1861 by T de Pauli. The book was called ‘Description Ethnografique des peoples de la Russie’, and was presented at the celebration of the Russian Empire millennium. It gives us a broad coverage of the people under the Russian Emperors reign, showing subjects ranging from Hindus, Balkans, Greeks all the way to the Siberians and the Russian Americans. This series follows the tradition of the J.D. Rachette series of the Imperial porcelain manufactory (1780’s). The figures truly are like small sculptures, all very individual.

Kolosh is the Russian name for Tlingit
- A member of an American Indian people living on the coasts of southwest Alaska and northern British Columbia for thousands of years.