A SOVIET SUPREMATIST PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER FROM THE CONTRAST SERVICE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, CIRCA 1934
After the design by Nikolai Suetin, the circular cup, on a spreading foot, painted with abstract design in black and light grey, with a scroll handle, the saucer similarly decorated, both marked under bases with green underglaze hammer, sickle and cog
The cup, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter
A SOVIET SUPREMATIST PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER FROM THE CONTRAST SERVICE
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, CIRCA 1934
After the design by Nikolai Suetin, the circular cup, on a spreading foot, painted with abstract design in black and light grey, with a scroll handle, the saucer similarly decorated, both marked under bases with green underglaze hammer, sickle and cog
The cup, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter