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A SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN UZBEK BOY CARRYING WATERMELONS, GORODNITSKY PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, UKRAINE, 1950S

the figure realistically modeled, shown striding forward while carrying a watermelon with one arm and holding another by a cord, height: 22 cm (8 5/8 in.), factory mark on base

LITERATURE:
An almost identical figure is illustrated in Karen Kettering, ed., Ode to Joy: Russian Porcelain in the Yuri Traisman Collection, (Moscow: Pinakotheke, 2008), p. 274

Estimate: $300 – $400

Result: $250 (including premium)

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