Lot 218
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A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY WITH A PARROT (COCKATOO)
A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY WITH A PARROT (COCKATOO)
A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY WITH A PARROT (COCKATOO)
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A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY WITH A PARROT (COCKATOO)

BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1922

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A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY WITH A PARROT (COCKATOO)
BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, PETROGRAD, 1922
After the model by Natalia Danko and Vasily Kuznetsov, depicting a standing figure of a lady, wearing a full-skirted white dress with floral print, holding a yellow parrot in her left hand and a fan in her right, marked inside the base with blue underglaze hammer, sickle and cog, dated '1922.' and numbered 47⁄15', also with impressed Cyrillic initials 'NS' of a modeller
8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.) high
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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay


The present rare model of 'A Lady with a Parrot (Cockatoo)' was jointly designed by Vasily Kuznetsov and Natalia Danko in 1916. The form is believed to have been modelled by Kuznetsov, and the dress by Danko.

A comparable figure, also dated 1922 and numbered 47⁄13', was sold at Christie’s, London, 25 November 2013, lot 359. For other comparable figures and more information on the model, see V. Levshenkov, Tvorchestvo Sester Danko, St Petersburg, 2012, p. 83.

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