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BY THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1980s
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A LARGE PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1980s
Of amphora form designed by Vladimir Gorodetskii, painted with cobalt-blue and gilt cockerels and floral design by Nina Slavina, with two scroll handles, marked with the overglaze factory mark under base, also further inscribed in Russian
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
BY THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1980s
Of amphora form designed by Vladimir Gorodetskii, painted with cobalt-blue and gilt cockerels and floral design by Nina Slavina, with two scroll handles, marked with the overglaze factory mark under base, also further inscribed in Russian
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Given to Margaret Thatcher by Boris Yeltsin. The vase would almost certainly have been given during Yeltsin’s visit to number 10 Downing Street in April 1990, prior to his becoming President of Russia.
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Alexandra Cruden