SOVIET PORCELAIN VASE 'MVD'

SOVIET PROPAGANDA VASE 'MVD', porcelain, DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, DULEVO, after 1962. The vase is shaped as a slightly flaring cylinder with a recessed round foot, decorated in bright red with designs of a rising sun and oak leaves, as well as gilded details. In the center is the emblem of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) - a sword, shield, and hammer and sickle. Under the base is a red factory mark. Height: 22 cm.

LITERATURE Oda k radosti / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakoteka, 2008), p. 438, no. 362 (illustrated).