$4,375
ca. 1873 bronze with brown patina height 21 cm (8 1/4 in.) signed and dated on base in Cyrillic Chopin Foundry mark and Finance Ministry stamp; Tiffany & Co. stamp on the side of the base LITERATURE K. Can-Kai-Si, K. Zhuromsky, Russian Bronze Sculpture of the Second Half of XIX Century Kabinet Gallery Collection, Moscow, 2005, page 88. L.A. Dementiev, Evgeny Lanceray Album of Sculptural Models State Historical Museum, Moscow, 2011, page 86. For a similar model see N. R. Lewinson, L. N. Goncharova, Russian Artistic Bronzes Moscow, 1956, fig. 82, illustrated. Realistically modelled, depicting a young boy on a donkey leading two others, on rectangular naturalistic base with round corners.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2014-10-25
