A porcelain Figure 'The Dancer'
A porcelain Figure 'The Dancer'

IMPRESSED CRESCENT MARK WITH CYRILLIC INITIALS IK FOR IVAN KUZNETSOV, OVERGLAZE BLUE HAMMER AND SICKLE, CIRCA 1923

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A porcelain Figure 'The Dancer'
impressed crescent mark with Cyrillic initials IK for Ivan Kuznetsov, overglaze blue hammer and sickle, circa 1923
Realistically modelled, in a floral blouse and blue-lined white skirt, a fur-lined jacket over her shoulders, and blue kerchief on her head, on shaped oval base decorated with stars, after B.M. Kustod'ev, marked under base
8in. (21.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Kuskovo Ceramic Museum, Soviet artistic Porcelain 1918-1923, (Moscow, 1962), p.42.

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