Sculpture “Ballerina”

Technique: Faience, painting.
Size: Height 19 cm.

Sculpture “Ballerina”. Armenian SSR, Yerevan Faience Factory, T. Mirzoyan. 1950s–1960s. Porcelain, painting, gilding. Height 19 cm. Marks: in green “FZ Yerevan”. Condition: signs of use. Tereza Gaykovna Mirzoyan (1922–2016) – sculptor. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Merited Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967). Merited Art Worker of the Armenian SSR (1986), teacher, professor. Author of numerous sculptures and monumental works installed both in Armenia and abroad. In creating sculptural works she works with various materials, including marble, bronze, tuff, porcelain, wood and basalt. She devoted more than 55 years to teaching at the art institute (now the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts).