A Soviet porcelain group of a peasant woman with child and fish, State Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1927

after a design by Natalia Danko, sculpted by I. Kuznetsov, woman depicted with child at her feet, holding a fish in both hands, one wrapped in a Pravda newspaper, with impressed manufactory marks and initials IK in Cyrillic and Made in Russia in red

slightly dirty throughout, very minor area of paint loss on head scarf of woman, tiny chip to child's foot
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For similar models please see Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky: Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, Studio Vista, 1990, p.93