Vintage GZHEL Porcelain Figurine BABY BIRD Hand Painted gilding USSR 1950s

Vintage GZHEL Porcelain Figurine BABY BIRD Hand Painted gilding USSR 1950s

Type of goods: GZHEL

Product: Porcelain Figurine

Period: 1950s

Theme: Animalistics

Material: Porcelain

Grade: Highest (1)

Country of origin: USSR

Author: N. Bessarabova.

Manufacturer: Artel "Art Ceramics" (factory Gzhel).

Height: 10 cm (3.9 inch)

 Diameter of base: 6 сm (2.3 inch)

Weight: 109 gr

Partial gathering of gilding on the beak (displayed on the photo). Hand painted. Good gift or addition to any collection! Good collection state, without chips and cracks, free of restorations.

History reference: The author of the model is sculptor Natalya Bessarabova (1895-1981). The sculptor is a ceramist, a student of V.A. Favorsky. Her works are stored in the State Russian Museum, in the State Historical Museum, in the State Museum of Ceramics, "Kuskovo Estate", "Tsaritsino", etc. Since 1945, they have been engaged in the revival of traditional Gzhel porcelain. In 1950, the sculptor began to engage in small plastic animation of the crowd with painting with metal salts. This small sculpture is a representative of this direction of work by N. Bessararabova

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