A Soviet porcelain plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1923

after the design by Nikolai Yankin, with 5-year jubilee mark and green Imperial cypher of Nicholas II dated 1912, numbered 572/ 8

There is wear to the red surfaces visible in the catalogue photo. There is a repaired chip to the rim, approx. 1cm long. Please note that the green Imperial cypher of Nicholas II is dated 1902, not 1912 as stated in the catalogue.
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Yankin's original design for this plate is in the collection of the Hermitage (inv. no. MZ-G-67) and is illustrated, T. Kudryavtseva, Circling the Square: Avant-Garde Porcelain from Revolutionary Russia, London, 2005, no. 68, p. 163. Nikolai Petrovich Yankin (1887-c.1942) was encouraged into the avant garde movement by his first cousin, Nikolai Lapshin, with whom he grew up.  They worked together at the porcelain factory in the early 1920s.  In 1923, the year the present lot was produced, Yankin formally changed his profession from artist working in applied arts to technical draughtsman.  He was also active in woodworking and was a teacher throughout his career.

An identical plate numbered 572/ 4 sold, Lempertz Berlin, 2 May 2015, lot 306.