Lot 0138
Rosenthal Porcelain Figure of a Seated Dachshund, Germany, Hand-Painted
Estimate: 150-200€
Rosenthal porcelain figure of a lying dachshund, from the Classic Rose Collection, Germany. Modelled with naturalistic detail and finished in a rich brown glaze.
Dimensions: 10 × 17.6 × 11.2 cm
Starting price: 100€
Estimate: 150-200€
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Lot 0137
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Porcelain
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Lot 0136
Russian Faience Figurine of a Sbiten Seller, from the Series “Traders and Craftsmen”, Late 19th Century
Estimate: 350-450€
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Estimate: 350-450€A RUSSIAN FIGURINE OF SBITEN SELLER
from the series Traders and Craftsmen
Faience, polychrome painting.
Russia, private porcelain factory, late 19th century.
Height: 21.3 cm.
A polychrome faience figure of a sbiten seller, shown standing in a long pale blue caftan, black boots, and a dark cap, with a white towel tied at the waist. Slung across his shoulder is a strap supporting a rounded vessel for the hot honey drink, while in his hands he holds a small cup and ladle-like spout, ready to serve. The bearded face, slightly inclined forward, lends the figure an air of quiet concentration, while the compact stance and carefully observed costume preserve the vivid character of a familiar type from old urban life.
The iconography belongs to the long-lived Russian tradition of representing street vendors and artisans, a theme rooted in popular printed imagery of the early 19th century, including widely circulated city lithographs of itinerant sellers. The figure of the sbiten vendor was especially resonant in this visual culture, perceived as an instantly recognizable emblem of everyday life in old Moscow and St Petersburg.
The subject ultimately relates to the celebrated series Traders and Craftsmen, first modeled at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in the late 18th century after designs by Jacques-Dominique Rachette. That series, created during the reign of Catherine II, marked one of the earliest and most influential Russian attempts to translate popular graphic representations of common people and their occupations into three-dimensional porcelain form. By the 19th century the theme had become enormously popular and was widely adopted by private factories, which continued to reinterpret these familiar urban and folk types for a broader market.
The present figure preserves that tradition in a late 19th-century faience version, combining lively genre observation with decorative appeal. As Vladimir Gilyarovsky later recalled, sbiten sellers dispensed, for a kopeck a cup, the hot honey drink that warmed coachmen and shop assistants freezing in unheated stalls. This small sculpture thus evokes not only a picturesque occupational type, but also a distinctly Russian world of street trade, winter cold, and everyday sustenance.Starting price: 300€
Estimate: 350-450€
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