A RUSSIAN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF TWO MORDOVIAN WOMEN, FROM THE "PEOPLE OF RUSSIAÕ SERIES", DMITROVSKAYA PORCELAIN FACTORY, KUZNETZOV, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
realistically modelled standing figures of two women dressed in traditional attire with red and gold head pieces, standing on a circular grass like green base, one barefooted; red overglazed Dmitrovksaya (Kuznetsov) factory mark with impressed Gardner mark and numeral 287 under base; overall height: 24 cm (9 1/2 in.)

LOT NOTES
Lots 276-328 in this auction come from the estate of a prominent New York collector of European heritage. After purchasing his first Gardner figurine more than 20 years ago, he developed an interest in Russian porcelain figures, and amassed a formidable collection over the next two decades, paying particular attention to quality of craftsmanship and authenticity.