A RUSSIAN PORCELAIN FIGURAL GROUP OF A PEASANT WOMAN WITH A CHILD LEADING HER HUSBAND HOME FROM THE TAVERN, GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY realistically modeled, the drunk man dressed in a white peasant shirt with red trim and blue breeches, with yellow overcoat and black top hat, holding an empty bottle in his left hand and with left boot missing, the woman wearing a purple skirt and a matching headscarf, in a black coat, holding a child and a boot with her one hand and the drunk man with the other, on an oval grass-like base, red overglazed Gardner factory mark and numeral 122, impressed factory mark and numeral 5 under base; overall height: 23.5 cm (9 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.