Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Proletariat of All Countries Unite!: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
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December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Proletariat of All Countries Unite!: a Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921
after the design by Sergei Chekhonin, the white cavetto painted to imitate graphic drawing Lenin’s portrait surrounded with oak leaves, with red ribbon with a slogan, within red rim, the white border with black and mint green rims, marked on the underside with blue hammer, sickle and cog dated 1921, with green Imperial cypher of Alexander II
diameter 28.5cm, 11 1/5in.
For further information, please see N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, London, 1990, no. 17, p. 46