Soviet Porcelain Plate, Samokhvalov
A Soviet propaganda porcelain plate
after design by A. Samokhvalov (1923-1968), Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, 1968
showing a bare-breasted young woman within domestic interior at the table drinking tea with a grey cat on her shoulders, within border of alternating gray and black sections and flowers, inscribed on reverse in Cyrillic: A. Samokhvalov/ 1923-1968
diameter: 24.5cm (9 5/8in).
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000
€12,000 - 18,000

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Acquired at anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 1 June, 2006, lot 287

    It has been suggested that the original design by A. Samokhvalov was repeated by Anna Nosova in 1968, possibly for the exhibition at the Kuskovo State Museum of Ceramics in Moscow.


Category: Fine Art / Russian Art


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