Lot 110
  • 110

Evgeny Lanceray (1848-1886), A Russian Bronze Group: On the Sled

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • inscribed with signature and Chopin foundry mark in Cyrillic, also with Ministry of Finance stamp
  • Bronze
  • Length 20 1/4 in.
  • 51 cm
depicting a man and woman bundled up for winter riding on a type of traditional sled known as the sani rozvalni pulled by two horses

Condition

attractive patina and detail; overall good condition
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Catalogue Note

On this design, see L.P. Shaposhnikova, Skulptura XVIII-nachalo XX veka, Leningrad, 1988, pp. 92-93, no. 640 and G.W. Sudbury, Evgueni Alexandrovitch Lanceray, 1848-1886, Lausanne, 2006, p. 102.