A PORCELAIN PLATE

A PORCELAIN PLATE
BY THE KORNILOV FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1917
Circular, the centre painted with a black horseman from a Russian fairy tale 'Vasilisa the Beautiful', after I. Bilibin (1878-1942) and signed in Cyrillic 'I. Bilibin', within gilt frame, the rim painted with a green and yellow border of hexagons containing forest animals alternating with trees, marked under base with overglaze factory mark, inscribed 'Made in Russia by Kornilow Bros.' and numbered 'Bil. 6/140'
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter