Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons

The fortune teller: a soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, circa 1920s

Auction Closed

December 2, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The fortune teller: a soviet porcelain figure, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, circa 1920s

after a design by Natalia Danko, depicting gypsy fortune teller in varicoloured patterned skirt, shawl and headscarf, looking up ingratiatingly at an elegantly dressed young lady in a white and blue dress with a matching hat, with impressed hammer, sickle and a half cog factory mark, dated, red stamp 'Made in Russia'

height 19cm, 7 1/2in.

For further information, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 361.