Lot Essay
For a similar vase by Mikhail Mokh from the State Hermitage Museum, see Exhibition catalogue, The Voice of the Time Soviet Porcelain: Art and Propaganda, St Petersburg, 2017, p. 138, no. 58.
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BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1930
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A SOVIET PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1930
After the design by Mikhail Mokh, of bottle form, painted with young Soviet pioneers carrying a flag, playing volleyball, and swimming, the neck decorated with tents in a stylised landscape on dark blue ground, the top rim gilt, unmarked, inscribed in Russian and dated 'Mokh. M. / 1930 / III' under base
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1930
After the design by Mikhail Mokh, of bottle form, painted with young Soviet pioneers carrying a flag, playing volleyball, and swimming, the neck decorated with tents in a stylised landscape on dark blue ground, the top rim gilt, unmarked, inscribed in Russian and dated 'Mokh. M. / 1930 / III' under base
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
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