8 June 2016 Russian Art and Photography Auctions
8 June 2016
350. A Porcelain Figurine of a Swineherdess with a Piglet
AFTER A MODEL BY MARGARITA SAMOLETOVA, PAINTING BY ELIZAVETA LUPANOVA, LOMONOSOV STATE PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1951
1,200-1,800 GBP
Height 18 cm.
Related literature: For a similar work, see
Yu. A. Traysman, Ode to Joy, Pinakotheke Moscow, 2008, ill. no. 103.
Realistically modelled, wearing a blue dress with a white apron and a checked headscarf, sitting on her knees and wiping the piglet in her hands, on naturalistic base imitating grass, with blue underglaze 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.