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A Rare Soviet Porcelain Figure: The Apple Seller, Lomonosov State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, 1927
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- after a 1927 design by Leonid Yakovlevich Khortik (1889-1942), with impressed circular factory mark with hammer, sickle, and a section of a gear
- Porcelain with enamel glazes
- Height 7 1/4 in.
- 18.4 cm
depicting a young woman wearing a printed headscarf, a sheepskin coat, and tall boots carrying a basket of apples along a cobblestone road
Provenance
Skinner, Boston, August 25, 1995, lot 496.
Condition
overall good condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Leonid Khortik is among the circle of students of Leningrad sculptor Alexander Matveev who supplied the Lomonosov factory with innovative new designs for figures in the 1920s and 1930s. Khortik's design for a vibrant young girl selling apples in a street market is very rare and appears only rarely on the market. It can be seen in a 1936 photo of the factory museum reproduced in T.N. Nosovich and I.P. Popova, Gosudarstvennyi farforovyi zavod, 1904-1944, St. Petersburg, 2005, p. 631. We are grateful to Nataliya Petrova of the Lomonosov Museum of Porcelain for assistance in cataloging this lot.