A soviet porcelain figure of the "Red Guard", Vasilii Kuznetsov, State Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1918

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

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Description

height: 21cm., 8¼in

after a design by the artist, modelled by: N. Daladugin, clad in black with a red shirt and belt with a rifle resting at his side, with green factory mark and artist signature painted in Cyrillic

Provenance

Nicholas Lynn Collection
Sotheby's, London, The Russian Sale, Thursday 19th February 1998, lot 579

Literature

Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky: Revolutionary Ceramics, Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, Cassell, London, 1990, p. 101. no. 105

Catalogue Note

Vasily Kuznetsov (1892-1923) was head of the Sculpture Department of the State Porcelain Manufactory. This was reputedly produced in 1918 following the first months of the October Revolution. Similar models are illustrated in: T.N. Nosovich, I.P. Popova: State Porcelain Manufactory 1904-1944, St Petersburg Orkestra, 2005, p.321