Sale 7677
London
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12 - 13 October 2009
Price realised
GBP 1,000
Estimate
A porcelain group of a fox and a beaver by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, circa 1960s A humoristically depicted couple of a fox and beaver after a fable by Sergei Mikhalkov, marked under base with blue overglaze factory Cyrillic monogram 'LFZ', incised '4' and painted in grey '21' 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high
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