Sculpture “Speed Skater Lidiya Skoblikova”

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: 8 × 8 cm.

USSR, Polonne Factory of Artistic Ceramics(?), author of the model G. P. Masalevskaya, 1960s. Porcelain; painting. Marks: in blue by hand “10”, impressed in the paste “17”. Condition: in good condition, minor signs of use, wear, small manufacturing crack on the arm, small chip on the blade. Dimensions: height – 19.5 cm., base – 8x8 cm. A similar sculpture is published in the collection of the Rostov-Yaroslavl State Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (1939 – present) – Soviet speed skater, 6-time Olympic champion, absolute champion of the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck. One of four women in history to have won at least six gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Sports nickname – “Ural Lightning”. D23/107