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A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN SMOKING PIPE 'GIRL WITH A FLOWER WREATH'
Lot 216 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN SMOKING PIPE 'GIRL WITH A FLOWER WREATH'

BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1925

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A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN SMOKING PIPE 'GIRL WITH A FLOWER WREATH'
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1925
After the design by Natalia Danko, each side moulded as a joyful and a mournful young woman's face wearing a floral wreath, within a stylised gilt braid on each side, with a gilt rim and black mouthpiece, marked inside the bowl with blue hammer, sickle and cog, and dated '1925'
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long

Acquired by the family of the present owner circa 1920s.
Thence by descent.

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Natalia Danko became the head of the sculpture workshop at the State porcelain factory in 1919. Around that time she started modelling practical porcelain objects, like smoking pipes, scent bottles and cane handles. These items were produced in small numbers and are rare on the market.

A comparable pipe by Natalia Danko was sold at Sotheby’s, London, 26 November 2013, lot 763. For other comparable pipes, see V. Levshenkov, Tvorchestvo Sester Danko, St Petersburg, 2012, pp. 128-137.