Lot 0019
Russian Bronze Composition “Dancing Peasant”
Estimate: 600-800€
Dancing Peasant
Russian bronze composition
Mid-19th century
Height: 13 cm
This small bronze figure depicts a peasant caught mid-step in a lively dance, his posture animated and expressive. Works of this type reflected the 19th-century fascination with scenes from folk life, capturing the vitality and humor of rural traditions in miniature sculptural form.
Starting price: 500€
Estimate: 600-800€
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Model 1879
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Marks: cast facsimile signature “BYLEWSKI” on the right side of the base; stamped foundry mark “LOPIENSKI / WARSZAWA” on the reverse of the plinth.
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