RUSSIAN SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINE, VASILIY TYORKIN, c.1950
A Russian hand painted porcelain figurine Vasili Tyorkin. Soviet soldier sitting on a stump and playing harmonica. Authors of the original model are sculptor Sergei Velikhov and artist Elizabeth Lupanova.
HALLMARKS: Marked at the bottom of the blue overglaze mark Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, USSR.
DIMENSIONS: 5 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (13 x 9 x 8 cm).
ESTIMATE PRICE: $200 - $900.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Soviet porcelain figurine of Vasiliy Tyorkin was estimated on Live Auctioneers up to $5,300 (6 years ago) - please see the screenshot.
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HISTORY: After the Revolution of 1917, the Bolshevik government took control of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. A large number of unpainted plates were discovered and subsequently decorated with propagandist slogans and revolutionary images. The imperial blank plates were often marked with the reigning tsar's monogram under the base, which prompted the Bolsheviks to cover them with a patch of green or black paint. The artists then treated the porcelain plates as canvases for their new Soviet imagery. Numerous plates were designed with the symbol of the new Soviet government — the hammer and sickle, often accompanied by a propaganda slogan. Rudolf Vilde, Mikhail Adamovich, and Alexandra Shchekotikhina-Pototskaya were among the most celebrated artists.

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