Lot 153
  • 153

Four Soviet porcelain figurines, State Porcelain Manufactory, various modellers and painters including E. Kubarskaya and I. Kuznetsov, circa 1920s

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • height of tallest: 21.5cm., 8½in.; height of smallest: 14.5cm., 5¾in.
from the Peoples of Russia series, comprising three girls from the Ukraine, Buriat and Tuva regions and a man from Tartar region, three with impressed factory marks, one with blue factory mark, the girls with artists' signatures  

Condition

Ukranian girl: One tiny chip to the glaze on middle right section of the body at the rim of her coat. Tartar man: Some restoration at the front left corner and centre back of the jerkin. Girl form Tuva region: In apparent good condition. Buriat girl: No perceivable defects.
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