Bashkir with Kurai

Technique: Porcelain, painting, gilding.

Bashkir with Kurai. Oktyabrsky Porcelain and Faience Factory (Oktyabrsky Factory of Porcelain Products and Ceramic Tiles), 1960s–1970s. Porcelain, overglaze painting, gilding. H. – 11.5 cm. Excellent condition: no chips, cracks or restoration. On the base – the factory mark “OF” indicating the grade “1s”, “6 r. 90 k” in red paint st. overglaze. The enterprise was founded in 1963 in the city of Oktyabrsky, Bashkir ASSR. Among the items produced: tableware forms, tea services, vases, sculpture. In the 1960s specialists from the Dulyovo and Dmitrov factories helped to master production. Previously offered at the “Sredi Kollektsionerov” auctions were other items made at the Oktyabrsky Porcelain and Faience Factory: the figure “Bashkir Couple”, 1990s–2000s, porcelain, overglaze painting, lustre, gilding, h. – 24.8 cm, on the base – the factory mark indicating the grade “1s”; “Bashkir Hunter”, 1990s–2000s, porcelain, overglaze painting, lustre, gilding, h. – 19.9 cm, on the base – the factory mark indicating the grade “1s”; “Bashkir Dance”, 1970s–1980s, porcelain, overglaze painting, lustre, gilding, h. – 11.9 cm, on the base – the factory mark indicating the grade “1s”; “Bear and Fish”, 1960s–1970s, porcelain, underglaze and overglaze painting, lustre, gilding, h. – 15.3 cm, on the base – the factory mark “OF” indicating the grade “1s” in red paint st. overglaze. Bibl.: I. S. Nasonova, S. M. Nasonov, I. A. Golsky, G. L. Dvorkin. Marks of Soviet Porcelain, Faience and Majolica. In 2 vols. Moscow, 2009. Vol. I. p. 183 (mark No. 538), Vol. II. p. 219 (history of the enterprise); I. A. Pelinsky, M. A. Safonova. Soviet Porcelain 1917–1991: An Illustrated Reference and Identification Guide with a Directory of Factory Marks and Prices. 2012–2013. 2nd ed. Moscow, 2012. p. 388 (col. ill.), p. 388, p. 491 (range of works).