A RARE LARGE SOVIET PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1930
Bulbous slightly tapering, the body painted in tones of blue, grey, mauve, and green with figures of Eskimos in a forest, hunting, shooting, riding a dear, and dogs attacking wild animals, including a wolf and leopard, within stylised trees, the base painted with a blue band with monochrome primitive figures of hunters and wild animals simulating cave painting, the rim painted with a polychrome band of geometric designs and fish outlines, marked under base with overglaze blue hammer and sickle, masked Imperial Porcelain Factory mark, and with the painter's signature in Cyrillic and date 'I. Riznich / 1930'
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
A RARE LARGE SOVIET PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1930
Bulbous slightly tapering, the body painted in tones of blue, grey, mauve, and green with figures of Eskimos in a forest, hunting, shooting, riding a dear, and dogs attacking wild animals, including a wolf and leopard, within stylised trees, the base painted with a blue band with monochrome primitive figures of hunters and wild animals simulating cave painting, the rim painted with a polychrome band of geometric designs and fish outlines, marked under base with overglaze blue hammer and sickle, masked Imperial Porcelain Factory mark, and with the painter's signature in Cyrillic and date 'I. Riznich / 1930'
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high