Sculpture “Little Hostess”

Technique: Porcelain, painting, gilding, lustre.
Size: Height 14.5 cm.

Sculpture “Little Hostess”. USSR, Dulyovo Porcelain Factory, 1956. Author O. M. Bogdanova. Porcelain, polychrome painting, lustre, gilding. Height 14.5 cm. Marks: blue printed “DZ / Dulyovo / 2S-56 g”, annotation in orange by hand. Good condition. Minor wear to the gilding, minor small chips on the cups. A similar figurine is published in the catalogue “Soviet Porcelain 1917–1991: An Illustrated Reference and Identification Guide with a Directory of Factory Marks and Prices. Catalogue 2012–2013”, I. Pelinsky, M. Safonova, p. 304 Olga Mikhailovna Bogdanova (1921–2006) – sculptor. In October 1944 she entered the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Art (MIPiDI), faculty of monumental sculpture. After graduating from MIPiDI in 1950 she worked at the Dulyovo Porcelain Factory, where the main direction of her work was genre sculptures on the themes of happy childhood and contemporary life, as well as sculptures based on Russian fairy tales and the Ural tales of P. P. Bazhov. Since 1952 – participant in exhibitions. Works by O. M. Bogdanova are represented in the collections of VMDPNI (Moscow), the Kuskovo State Museum of Ceramics (Moscow), the Museum of the Dulyovo Porcelain Factory and the Tver Regional Picture Gallery.