A Soviet Porcelain figurine of Tamara Karsavina, State Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1920s

after a design by Ivanov, depicting the ballerina dressed in stage costume for the performance of Stravinsky's Firebird, with impressed manufactory mark

In overall very good condition.
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L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) premiered during the second Paris season of Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1910 presenting a landmark synthesis of dance, design and music. Diaghilev commissioned Igor Stravinsky to write the score, his first for ballet; and Michael Fokine was responsible for the choreography. In this production Diaghilev drew on the traditions and folklore of Russia. He based the ballet on a blend of Russian fairy tales and the exotic sets and costume designs of Alexander Golovin and Leon Bakst. The internationally renowned ballet dancer Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978) made The Firebird her signature piece and it is one of the roles for which she is most remembered. 

A similar model is illustrated in T.N. Nosovich, I.P. Popova State Porcelain Manufactory 1904-1944, St. Petersburg Orkestra, 2005, pp.326-327