Lot 301
  • 301

A soviet porcelain pen holder: 'Karandashnitsa', Lomonosov Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1940

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • length: 19.5cm., 7¾in
depicting an Uzbek lying next to a basket, with blue green manufactory mark and initial K

Condition

The base has been broken and restored, the gilding is a little rubbed, (possibly added later) and the paintwork to the basket.
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