A RUSSIAN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN OLD WOMAN CARDING WOOL, GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY
realistically modelled old peasant woman seated on a chest next to a loom, with a thread in her hands, wearing a blue sarafan, black headscarf and traditional bast shoes, on a white square base, red overglazed Gardner factory mark and numeral 62, impressed factory mark and impressed numeral 1 under base; overall height: 13 cm (5 1/8 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.