AUCTION 32: APRIL 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE

A SOVIET PORCELAIN HARMONICA PLAYER FIGURE, VERBILKI

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $500 - $700

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

This fine hand-painted biscuit porcelain figurine from the early Soviet period depicts a harmonica player modeled after the male figure on the painting by Boris Kustodiev "The Village Carnival." Made at Verbilki, Dmitrov Porcelain Factory, 1930s. Marked on the reverse of the base: in red ink "Rossteklo – porcelain, Moscow, " incised number "1808."

Dimensions: H: 8 7/16 in., (21.5 cm.)

Condition: Excellent.