SOVIET PORCELAIN COMMEMORATIVE PLATE FROM THE ALL-UNION AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION, DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, 1954

of circular form, a commemorative plate from All-Union Agricultural Exhibition with two standing figures of a man and woman holding wheat above their heads, against a orange ground with cyrillic lettering centered above, the border features a low-relief grapevine in a gold detailed motif, factory mark, quality mark and date '1954' in blue overglaze, '30' stamped in blue overglaze, '8' stamped in green overglaze; dimensions: 3.8 x 27.9 cm (1 1/2 x 11 in.) LITERATURE Oda k radosti / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheke, 2008), p. 181, no. 118 (illustrated)