Lot 111
111
A Soviet propaganda porcelain plate
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A Soviet propaganda porcelain plate

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, WITH LATER BLUE OVERGLAZE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY MARK OF HAMMER, SICKLE AND COG, DATED 1922, WITH MONOGRAM OF THE ARTIST M K, N.313

Details
A Soviet propaganda porcelain plate
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, with later blue overglaze State Porcelain Factory mark of hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1922, with monogram of the artist M K, N.313
Circular, Pravda [truth], variant of a design by Vladimir Lebedev, the centre painted with brown and black abstract composition, a series of black dispersed letters composing the slogan, within a black band, the white border with black band to the rim, marked under base
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
A gift from Mrs. Ivy Litvinov, London, 1920's to the grandmother of the vendor
Christie's London, 10 October, 1990, lot 309
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For a plate inscribed on the reverse in Russian 'after a design by V.Lebedev' from which the present design appears to derive and further information see The Art Intitute of Chicago, 1992, Soviet porcelain from the collection of H. and A.Tuber, pp.44-45, 73.

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