SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF A UKRAINIAN WOMAN

SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A UKRAINIAN WOMAN, BASED ON THE DESIGN BY ASTA DAVYDOVNA BRZHEZITSKAYA, DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1952. Naturally modeled, the young woman is dressed in traditional attire with Ukrainian embroidery on her blouse, her hair adorned with a flower wreath. She stands on a circular base with pseudo-embroidery and gilding. Height: 35.5 cm (14 inches). Marked with the factory mark on the base. LOT NOTES: This figure of a Ukrainian woman belongs to a series of porcelain pieces titled "Republics of the USSR," created during the Stalinist regime and corresponding to the high Stalinist aesthetic style. The series was later criticized for its excessiveness and incompatibility with the more ascetic direction of the Thaw Period. LITERATURE: A similar figure is illustrated in the book by Karen Kettering, ed., "Ode to Joy: Russian Porcelain in the Collection of Yuri Traisman," (Moscow: Pinakoteka, 2008), p. 189.