SOVIET PORCELAIN GYPSY GIRL FIGURINE, DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, 1967

a dark haired gypsy girl rests with one knee up and her arms drapped across her knee, she wears a black skirt with a yellow, orange and pink flower motif, her top is silver and she wears gold accessories, factory mark and quality mark in blue overglaze, '23' stamped in blue, '4 r. 50 kon' written in cyrillic for a price of 4 rubles, 50 kopeks stamped in blue overglaze, '39' stamped in blue under base; dimensions: 20 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm ( 7 7/8 x 8 x 7 in.) LITERATURE Oda k radosti / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheke, 2008), p. 312, no. 381 (illustrated)