Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
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June 9, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
10 years USSR: a rare and large Soviet porcelain propaganda charger, Aleksey Vorobyevsky, Lomonosov Porcelain factory, Leningrad, 1927
Painted after the design by Chekhonin, depicting industrial scene in bright purple, with a red star decorated with stylised flowers and leaves centering parcel-gilt commemorative slogan, the border with stylised floral and leaf ornament in bright green, red and sky blue colours within gilt rims, signed and dated on the underside A.Vorobyevsky, Sentyabr 1927' in red in Cyrillic, with blue underglaze factory mark
diameter 49.8cm, 19 3/5in.
This is one of Vorobyovsky's rarest and earliest works, with few known corollaries including a service found in the collection of the The State Ceramic Museum in Kuskovo.