$9,000
bronze height: 27. 5 cm (10 7/8 in.) length: 39.5 cm (15 1/2 in.) width: 25.5 cm (10 in.) on an oval based inscribed Rolon 1843 on othe side, no apparent signature or foundry mark PROVENANCEAcquired in Moscow in the 1930's by Dr. Adolphus S. RumreichThence by descentAdditional Images (click to enlarge):Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich served as the physician at the United States Embassy in Moscow, Russia from 1935 to 1938. While there, he and his wife, Edna Irene Hall Rumreich, assembled a sizeable collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art and books then being sold by the Soviet government. They often accompanied Ambassador Joseph Davies and his wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post, when they visited Torgsin and other Soviet agencies selling antiques to foreign dignitaries.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2011-04-16