A RARE BRONZE MODEL OF PETER THE GREAT, CAST BY A. SOKOLOV, AFTER THE MODEL BY ALEXANDER OPEKUSHIN, CIRCA 1872
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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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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