AUCTION 26: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A GERMAN PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF RUSSIAN EMPRESS

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Start price: $1,200

Estimated price: $1,500 - $1,800

Buyer's premium:

18th-century Frankenthal porcelain group figurine depicting Russian Empress Elizabeth on horseback attended by a blackamoor page. Based on the painting by Georg Christopher Groot (1716-1749) and on the model of the Meissen Manufactory (by the sculptor Kendler). Porcelain with polychrome painting and gilding. Marked on the base with a blue monogram ‘CT’ beneath a crown, for the elector Carl Theodore, 1762-70.

Dimensions: H: 8 1/2 in., (21.5 cm.)

Condition: Good condition, no scratches or chips.