A RUSSIAN PORCELAIN FIGURAL GROUP COURT OF A RURAL CONSTABLE (SUD STANOVOGO), GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY realistically modelled, standing around a table with a green cloth, the judge formally dressed with a white shirt and a black bow-tie, seated on a wooden chair upholstered in purple, the official in a brown overcoat holding his black cap behind him, leaning over the table towards with accused in a simple white shirt and a beige overcoat, documents, a quill and inkstands standing on the table, a bag beside it, on shaped base imitating the floor, red overglazed Gardner factory mark, impressed factory mark and numerals 69 and 0 under base; overall height: 13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.) LOT NOTESLots 276-328 in this auction come from the estate of a prominent New York collector of European heritage. After purchasing his first Gardner figurine more than 20 years ago, he developed an interest in Russian porcelain figures, and amassed a formidable collection over the next two decades, paying particular attention to quality of craftsmanship and authenticity.