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

a young girl in yellow trousers and a pink-red sweater with a ponytail kisses her collie, who is standing in front of her in a flower field; on the gift it is written in Cyrillic handwriting "for Asta Brzhezitskaya 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 / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheka, 2008), p. 282, number 217 (illustrated)