PORCELAIN FIGURE ‘MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE’ FROM THE ‘THEATRE GALLERY’ SERIES Popov Porcelain Factory, mid-19th century

Biscuit, polychrome painting modelled as an actress in the role of the page Clé in A. de Saint-Hilaire’s drama Le Cheval du diable [The Devil’s Horse] at the Théâtre du Cirque Olympique from the series Théâtre de la Galerie [Costumes of Parisian Theatres] Marks: impressed Popov Factory marc in Cyrillic H. 14 cm The model was also produced by the Imperial Porcelain Factory during the reign of Nicholas I. We would like to thank Vladimir Levshenkov, specially invited porcelain expert, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.