The Malachite Box. SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINE INSPIRED BY THE URAL TALES OF P.P. BAZHOV

From "The Ural Tales" by P.P. Bazhov, the young widow Nastyona, adorned with gold jewelry and crowned with a detailed diadem, kneels beside the malachite coffin of her late husband Stepan, which is filled with jewelry that Stepan received from the legendary Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Nastyona holds a mirror in her right hand to examine her jewels, the factory mark and quality, as well as the date '1966' in green glazed coating; '66' in blue glazed coating; dimensions: 20.6 x 15.9 x 15.2 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 inches). LITERATURE Ode to Joy / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheca, 2008), p. 354, No. 279 (illustrated). Bogdanova Olga Mikhailovna (1921–2006)