SOVIET PORCELAIN FRIENDSHIP, LITTLE GIRL WITH HER COLLIE FIGURINE, DESIGNED BY ASTA DAVYDOVNA BRZHEZITSKAIA (1912-2004), DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, 1980S

a young girl dressed in yellow pants, a pink and red sweater with a pony-tail kisses her collie who stands in front of her in a flowerfield, gifted written in cryillic cursive 'for Asta Brzhezitskaia and Friend; dimensions: 13.6 x 17.8 x 4.8 cm (5 3/8 x 7 x 1 7/8 in.) LITERATURE Oda k radosti / Ode to Joy (Moscow: Pinakotheke, 2008), p. 282, no. 217 (illustrated)