A PAIR OF SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINES BY THE DANKO SISTERS.

A PAIR OF SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINES BY THE DANKO SISTERS, including 1) a figure of an Azerbaijani woman with cotton, 1939, overglaze applied, gilt elements, inscription on the base reads “In memory of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition of 1939,” marked with the underglaze stamp of the Dulevo Porcelain Factory; height: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.) 2) a clock with a figure of a Georgian woman with a basket of fruit, 1939, overglaze applied, gilt elements, marked with the underglaze mark of the Lomonosov Factory; dimensions: 26 x 22 cm (10 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

LITERATURE The Art of the Danko Sisters, (St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Orchestra, 2012), pp. 361, 365 (illustrated)