Lot 155
  • 155

A Soviet porcelain figure of an Uzbek with treasure chest, State Porcelain Manufactory, 1920-1930s

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • height: 13cm., 5in.
after a model by Natalia Danko, sculpted by I. Kuznetsov, with impressed artist's cypher and green manufactory mark

Condition

There is some surface dirt abd rubbing to the paint cosistent with age. The lid of the treasure chest opens.
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Catalogue Note

For a similar model, please see: T.N. Nosovich, I.P. Popova: State Porcelain Manufactory 1904-1944, St Petersburg Orkestra, 2005, p.339