"Dancer." Soviet porcelain figurine of a peasant woman based on the work of Boris M. Kustodiev, 1923

Bauerin by Boris M. Kustodiev, 1923 (model), State Porcelain Manufactory of Leningrad, circa 1935. Porcelain. On an uneven landscape base, standing in the snow, a bauerin (peasant woman), facing right, in a cloak. On the bottom: a manufactory impressed mark with a hammer, sickle, and gear, an impressed mark "IK" in Cyrillic (model execution by Ivan Kuznetsov), and a red overglaze mark "Made in Russia USSR". Height 21 cm. Lit.: Russian and Soviet Porcelain in a Time of Change, exhibition at the Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe 1991, cat. 158. Soviet porcelain figurine of a peasant woman based on the work of Boris M. Kustodiev, 1923. Mark in the body: hammer, sickle, and part of a gear; impressed in the body: shield with the monogram "IK" (model execution by Ivan Kuznetsov) and "Made in Russia USSR" (red overglaze mark). State Porcelain Factory of Leningrad, circa 1935. Height 21 cm.