Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 182. Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s.
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  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 182. Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s.
  • View full screen - View 3 of Lot 182. Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s.

Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s

Auction Closed

December 2, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Drunkard: a Soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, late 1920s – early 1930s


after a model by Natalia Danko, depicted wearing a sailor’s outfit and hugging an exaggeratedly large wine bottle painted with ‘Bread Wine’ in Cyrillic, apparently unmarked

height 6.5cm, 2 ½ in.

For further information, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 362.