A SOVIET SUPREMATIST PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE

Lot 278
23.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 43 750
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 278 | A SOVIET SUPREMATIST PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE
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£ 15 000 – 25 000
A SOVIET SUPREMATIST PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, AND THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1923

After the design by Alexander Gromov, comprising a cream jug with a detachable cover, and three cups and saucers; all painted with Suprematist compositions in black, red, green, yellow, and grey on white ground, with black scroll handles, saucers marked with green underglaze Imperial Porcelain Factory marks and black overglaze hammer, sickle and cog, also inscribed '1923/543' (one mark partially erased), the cups and cream jug marked with green underglaze hammer, sickle and cog, and inscribed in black '1923 / 543/7,9,10,20' respectively

The cream jug, 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high

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