The Poultry Seller: a porcelain figure from the ‘Traders and Craftsmen’ Series, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Catherine II (1762-1796)

based on the engraving Le Marchand de Poulet by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, depicting a standing male figure, one arm across his chest holding his rucksack strap, the other by his side holding a dead bird, on a round base painted with grass and foliage, apparently unmarked

height 21cm; 8 1/4 in.