A RARE BRONZE MODEL OF PETER THE GREAT

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21.07.2020 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 370650
Lot 190 | A RARE BRONZE MODEL OF PETER THE GREAT
Realistically cast as Peter the Great, wearing the Order of St Andrew, seated on a chair and holding a cane, pointing at the scroll below inscribed in Russian 'St Petersburg will be founded here', signed on base rim in Russian 'Modelled by A. Opekushin', with Cyrillic foundry 'Property of A.N. Sokolov'
235/8 in. (60 cm.) high
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