SOVIET PORCELAIN LITTLE HOSTESS FIGURINE, DESIGNED BY OL'GA MIKHAILOVNA BOGDANOVA (B. 1921), DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, DESIGNED 1952,1956

a young girl crouches on a painted floor title pouring a tea cup of green tea, while holding another tea up in her left hand and the tea kettle in the other, she wears a opalescence dress with green detailing and a purple and white cap, factory mark and quality mark in green overglaze and date '1956' in green overglaze, stamped 'OTK5' in red overlgaze [department of techinical oversight]; dimensions:14.3 x 10.2 x 9.5 cm (5 5/8 x 4 x 3 3/4 in.) LITERATURE Oda k radosti / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheke, 2008), p. 262, no. 189 (illustrated)