Lot Essay
For a similar figure after a design by Boris M. Kustodiev, see N. Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics, New York, 1990, p. 101, no. 106. For a similar figure dated circa 1930-31, also see T.N. Nosovich, I.P. Popova, Gosudarstvennyi Farforovyi Zavod, 1904-1944 [State Porcelain Factory, 1904-1944], St Petersburg, 2005, p. 600 (named Watchman).