A LARGE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BASHKIR

A LARGE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BASHKIR by the Kuznetsov Porcelain Factory, Moscow, circa 1894 A realistically modelled figure of a man, wearing a long blue coat and pointed red hat with yellow rim, resting his left hand on the hilt of a sword and standing on a circular naturalistic base with Cyrillic inscription 'Bashkir', marked under base with impressed Cyrillic 'Gardner' and Moscow coat of arms marks and number '317', together with red-brown Kuznetsov Factory mark and inscribed in pencil '317'11¼ in. (28.8 cm.) high