VASSILI YACOVLEVITCH GRACHEV, (1831-1905), A RARE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN MODEL OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE

VASSILI YACOVLEVITCH GRACHEV, (1831-1905), A RARE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN MODEL OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE, late 19th century, portrayed wearing a traditional conical fur hat and shuba cloak; the naturalistically cast base finely inscribed in Cyrillic in the maquette, 'LEV GRACHEV' to one side and the founder 'C.F. WOERFFEL' to the other, 32cm high, 29cm long cf. Sotheby's London, Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons, 8th June 2011, lot 624 Also Sotheby's New York, Important Russian Works of Art, European Silver, and Vertu, 8th April 8 2014, lot 113