1921: A Soviet porcelain plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
Auction Closed
June 4, 04:28 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
1921: A Soviet porcelain plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
after the design by Alexandra Shekatikhina-Pototskaya, the cavetto painted with flowers, foliage and ciselé gilt
wheat spikelets intertwining the numbers 1921, with green Imperial cypher of Nicholas II dated 1899, blue factory
mark dated 1921
diameter 25cm, 9⅞in.
For comparison, please see N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet Porcelain, 1917-1927, London, 1990, no. 40, p. 61.