Bidspirit auction | Russian Gilt Bronze Paperweight “Circassian

Russian Gilt Bronze Paperweight “Circassian with the Pipe” - A Russian gilt bronze paperweight. Circassian with a PipeSecond half of the 19th centuryDimensions: 8 × 24 × 7 cmThis finely cast gilt bronze paperweight represents a reclining Circassian figure, dressed in traditional attire, holding a rifle and a pipe. Objects of this kind were popular decorative desk accessories in 19th-century Russia, reflecting both interest in the Caucasus region and the era’s fascination with exotic and ethnographic themes.