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A LARGE GILT BRONZE STATUE OF PETER THE GREAT AS THE HORSEMAN ON A MALACHITE BASE ,
depicting the first Emperor of Russia on a rearing steed trampling a serpent representing treachery, evil and the Emperor`s enemies, supported by a large malachite base bearing a bronze plaque dedicating the monument to the Emperor from Catherine the Great in 1782, on one side in Russian and the other in Latin, height with base: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)