A large porcelain group of a hunter and a little girl after a model by August Spiess (1817-1904), Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, 1864-1866 realistically modelled as a hunter striding on a circular base next to a tree trunk, a slain deer at his feet, carrying a little girl on his shoulders, marked under base with red overglaze and impressed factory marks, and the incised number '5' height: 29.3cm (11 1/2in). Footnotes: For a similar example of the figure, see: Ekaterina Khmelnitskaia, August Spiess i Imperatorskii Farforovii Zavod, Moscow, 2012, no. 247, illustrated on pp. 263 and 430. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com