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Figure
Gardner Porcelain Factory - Enlarge image
Figure
- Place of origin:
Moscow (made)
- Date:
ca. 1950-1960 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Gardner Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels
- Museum number:
C.305-1993
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 42, shelf 4
Physical description
Figure of 'boy skier', possibly representing the pioneer hero Pavel Morosov. Boy with hat, jacket, cravat, and boots, skiing past fir trees. Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in grey, turquoise, green, blue, red, and gilded on edges of clothing, and around the base.
Place of Origin
Moscow (made)
Date
ca. 1950-1960 (made)
Artist/maker
Gardner Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels
Marks and inscriptions
Mark in Russian script
Printed in green
A triangle
Incised
'57'
Painted in light brown
[Indistinct mark] in red
Mark in Russian script, on back
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 13.7 cm
Descriptive line
Figure of 'boy skier', hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, Russia, ca. 1950-60
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Techniques
Moulded; Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Boys
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain; Figures & Decorative ceramics
Collection
Ceramics Collection