Lot 340 D α

Inkstand entitled "less political talk"

Auction 1065 - overview Berlin
30.04.2016, 14:30 - Russian Porcelain
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
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Inkstand entitled "less political talk"

A three-piece inkwell formed as a bust of Lenin and a scroll resting on two books. The books inscribed with the name of the editor "Redisdat Morved" and "Collected works vol. X N. Lenin (W.Uljanov)". The separately worked lid with Lenin's signature concealing a removable bowl for the ink. Round embossed hammer, sickle and cog mark. The front right edge under the scroll restored. H 14.3 cm.
State Porcelain Factory Leningrad, 1920s, the model by Natalya Danko 1924.

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A further example sold by Lempertz in auction 1047 on 2nd May 2015, lot 341.
See also an inkwell in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg in cat.: Russisches Porzellan, Karlsruhe 1991, no. 155 and in the Yuri Traisman collection (cat. Ode to Joy, New York 2008, no. 316).