Fabergé, Imperial & Revolutionary Art

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Radio for the Village: a rare Soviet porcelain figural group, Naum Kongiser, Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, 1927

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November 26, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Bid

40,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

a commemorative piece for the 10th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, modelled as an old man sat on a tree trunk listening on headphones as the standing young boy beside him plays the radio perched on a second tree stump, incised on the base N. Kongiser 1927, with rubbed exhibition stamp under base

height 25cm; 9 7/8 in.

As is evidenced by the exhibition stamp under the base of the model, this is the original sculpture created by Kongiser for the exhibition Art of the Peoples of the USSR exhibition in Moscow, held in 1927 in honour of the 10th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

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