MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 8-9 June 2011
8 June 2011
* 675. 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 14.5 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 inscribed
“Better less but better” in Cyrillic, two books and an inkwell
cover with Lenin’s signature (no inkwell), impressed under base
with hammer and sickle factory mark and sculptor’s signature
“N.Danko” in Cyrillic, further impressed with moulder's initials
"I.K." in Cyrillic for Ivan Kuznetsov.
Notes on symbols:
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Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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