25 - 28 November 2012 Russian Art Auctions
25 November 2012
564. A SOVIET PORCELAIN TEA CUP AND SAUCER
AFTER A DESIGN BY SERGEY CHEKHONIN, STATE PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1923 .
Height of the cup 6 cm, diameter of the saucer 14 cm.
3,000–5,000 GBP
Related literature: For similar works, see T.N. Nosovich, I.P. Popova, Gosudarstvennyi Farforovyi Zavod 1904-1944 (State Porcelain Manufactory 1904-1944), St Petersburg Orkestr, 2005, p. 226.
Both cup and saucer decorated with matching stylised flowers and leaves, red painted rims, both marked under base with green Imperial cipher
for Nicholas II, black commemorative factory mark “KNP 5 1918–1923” in Cyrillic with hammer and sickle, and numbered 425 and 425/32.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.