SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF FRIENDSHIP, A LITTLE GIRL WITH HER COLLIE FIGURINE, DESIGNED BY ASTA DAVYDOVNA BRZHEZITSKAYA (1912-2004)

A young girl in yellow trousers and a pink-red sweater with a ponytail kissing her collie, who stands before her in a flower field; on the gift is written in Cyrillic script "for Asta Brzezicka and friend; dimensions: 13.6 x 17.8 x 4.8 cm (5 3/8 x 7 x 1 7/8 inches) LITERATURE Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheke, 2008), p. 282, no. 217 (illustrated)"