Sale 3730
New York
|
20 May 2015
Price realised
USD 30,000
Estimate
A SET OF SIX PORCELAIN PLATES BY THE KORNILOV FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1917 Each circular, the center painted with various scenes from Russian fairy tales, after Ivan Bilibin (1878-1942) and signed in Cyrillic 'I. Bilibin', with gilt border, the rim painted with a varicolored border of hexagons containing forest animals alternating with trees, marked under base with overglaze factory mark, inscribed 'Made in Russia by Kornilow Bros.' and numbered 10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter
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