MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 8-9 June 2011

8 June 2011

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


* 672. A SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SARATOV WOMAN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME




4,000-6,000 GBP


AFTER A 1913 MODEL BY P. KAMENSKY, STATE PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1937.
Height 19.5 cm.

Bulbous bodies, cut with linear facets, silver mounts with leaf tip borders and hinged lids with acorn finials.

Related literature: For similar works, see B.N. Emme, Russkiy Khudozhestvennyi Farfor (Russian Artistic Porcelain), Moscow, Leningrad, Iskusstvo, 1950, p. 101.

Standing on the round base, depicting a traditionally dressed Saratov woman in a sarafan and kokoshnik, stamped under base with green hammer and sickle factory mark, dated 1937 and signed with artist’s initials “VR” for Varvara Rukovishnikova in Cyrillic.


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.