RUSSIAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A SOVIET DMITROV PORCELAIN FACTORY FIGURINE

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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A porcelain figurine of the mid-20th century "Solokha and the cleric" based on Nikolai Gogol’s story "The Night Before Christmas" by sculptor N. A. Maksimchenko. Dmitrov porcelain factory in Verbilki. In an ironic manner, the figurine depicts a ruddy woman in a bright traditional Ukrainian costume and a cleric in a long cassock leaning towards her. The figurine is made realistically, accurately painted, decorated with gilding. Marked on the verso underglaze with a green seal of the Dmitrovsky Porcelain Factory and number 5.

Dimensions: H: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.)

Condition: Excellent