MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 8-9 June 2011
8 June 2011
* 674. A SOVIET AGITATION PORCELAIN INKWELL WITH A BUST OF LENIN
1,200-1,800 GBP
AFTER A 1924 MODEL BY NATALIA DANKO, LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN MAUNFACTORY, LENINGRAD.
Height 15 cm.
Related literature: For similar works, see E. Sametskaya, Sovetskiy Agitatsionnyi Farfor (Soviet Agitation Porcelain), Moscow,
2004, p. 150, ill. 20 [17], 21[18].
Ode to Joy. Russian Porcelain in the Yuri Traisman Collection, Moscow,
Pinakotheke, 2008, p. 387, No. 316.
Depicting a bust of Lenin, standing on a document with Lenin’s
signature, two books inscribed in gilt “Proletarians of All
Countries Unite” in Cyrillic, and an inkwell cover with Lenin’s
signature, marked under base with green hammer and sickle
factory mark.
Notes on symbols:
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§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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