Figurine “German Shepherd” LFZ Porcelain

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: Height 10.5 cm.

The figurine “German Shepherd” is made of porcelain with coloured hand painting at one of the best-known Soviet factories – the Leningrad Porcelain Factory. The author of the figurine is the Soviet sculptor, artist of decorative and applied art, member of the Union of Artists of the USSR – Vera Semyonovna Drachinskaya (1893-1984). The prototype for the model of the porcelain shepherd was the legendary dog Sultan, who over ten years of police service took part in five thousand operations, apprehended more than a thousand criminals and found stolen property worth a total of three million roubles. Sultan's story formed the basis of the screenplay for the film “Come Here, Mukhtar!”, made at the Mosfilm film studio in 1964. Length 20 cm, height 10.5 cm Good condition