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A SOVIET PORCELAIN PLATTER

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Auction dateClassic
22.10.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 819969
Lot 430 | A SOVIET PORCELAIN PLATTER
A SOVIET PORCELAIN PLATTER

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, AND THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1925

After a design by Léon Bakst, of oval shape, the cavetto painted with Vaslav Nijinsky in the role of Iskander in the Ballets Russes' projected ballet La Péri (1911), the border decorated with stylized oak leaves issuing from vases, marked under base with underglaze green Imperial Factory mark and black overglaze hammer, sickle, and cog State Factory mark with date 1925

15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) long





Provenance

In the collection of Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952), Soviet ambassador to Sweden from 1930 to 1945.

In the collection of Nicholas Lynn, London.

The Russian sale, Including the Nicholas Lynn Collection of Soviet Revolutionary Porcelain; Sotheby's, London, 19 February 1998, lot 549.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics, Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927, London, 1990, p. 105.
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramics, Porcelain
Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
Category:Serving dish
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes
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