A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A JEWISH MAN WITH A POCKET WATCH, GARDNER PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, MOSCOW 1800-1820S
realistically modeled, wearing a black overcoat with a brown full-length jacket underneath, and a top hat; holding a pocket watch in his left hand, while his right hand is deep in his pocket; standing on an octagonal base with gilt edges; height: 18 cm (7 1/8 in.), blue underglazed manufactory mark and gilt overglazed N2

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s, London, 22 May, 2003, lot 209
MacDougall's, London, June 4, 2014, lot 508
Acquired by the present owner from the above

RELATED LITERATURE:
For similar works, see:
V.A. Popov, Russkiy Farfor. Chastnye zavody (Leningrad, 1980), ill. no. 62
State Russian Museum, Porcelain in Russia 18-19 Centuries. Gardner Manufactory, (Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2003), ill. p.102, cat. no. 212