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AUCTION 35: DECEMBER 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
A rare Soviet porcelain chess set "Industry and Agriculture, " Dmitrovsky Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, circa 1933-1934, modeled by Elizaveta Illarionovna Tripolskaya (1881 – 1958). Porcelain, overglaze painting. Complete set. Chess was a means of agitation for a new mechanized life. The king and queen on the part of the "industry" personify mechanical engineering and metallurgy, and the knight and pawn – the creation of "a new energy base and electrification of the whole country." White figures embody the idea of "mechanization of all labor-intensive processes." The pawns, which are a complex composition of a flask, a retort, and a book with the formula of nitric acid fertilizers, embody the "chemicalization" of agriculture.
Dimensions: Tallest piece: 3in., (7.6 cm.)
Condition: Very good.
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