8 June 2016 Russian Art and Photography Auctions
8 June 2016
343. A Porcelain Composition of Nakhimovtsys (Naval Cadets)
SOFYA VELIKHOVA, PAINTING BY ELIZAVETA LUPANOVA, LOMONOSOV STATE PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, 1950–1960s
1,000-1,500 GBP
Height 19 cm.
Related literature: For similar works, see Yu.A. Traysman, Ode to Joy, Pinakotheke Moscow, 2008, ill. no. 212.
V. V. Znamenov (ed.), Leningradskyi farforovyi zavod imeni M. V. Lomonosova 1944–2004, St Petersburg, Global View, 2006, p. 245.
Realistically modelled, two boys dressed in white uniforms with striped blue collars and sleeves and matching frocks beneath, the left one holding an open book, the other with his hand on the friend’s shoulder and peering over, also holding a book, on a square shaped white base, with a blue over-glaze manufactory mark.
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.