PEASANT WOMAN
Creator(s): Stepan Pimenov (Attributed to) , Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
This figurine depicts a peasant woman dressed in a white, glazed blouse under a dark blue sarafan or high-waisted dress that has been left unglazed. She wears a gilded and tooled kokoshnik, a traditional peasant headdress, over her black hair. Carrying a box of fruit covered with a pink cloth, she rests against a stump with a pink bucket set at her side. The base is painted brown and green with a gilt rim.
- Object name:
- PEASANT WOMAN
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1810-1820
- Size:
- 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.150
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath: AK over 10 impressed
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973