Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s
Auction Closed
December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s
after a model by Natalia Danko, depicted wearing a sailor’s outfit and hugging an exaggeratedly large wine bottle painted with ‘Bread Wine’ in Cyrillic, apparently unmarked
height 6.5cm, 2 ½ in.
For further information, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 362.