Ivan the Fool and the Humpbacked Horse: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921

Ivan the Fool and the Humpbacked Horse: a  Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921

modelled by Ivan Kuznetsov, after the tale by P.Ershova, depicted in a traditional patterned kaftan, holding on to the horse, on naturalistically shaped base imitating grass, with green factory mark, dated and further inscribed L.B. in Cyrillic

height 16cm, 6 1/3in.