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1930

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1989

2024

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Dancing Peasant Woman Figure

This is a figure. It was designed by Natalya Yakovlevna Danko and manufactured by State Porcelain Factory. It is dated 1930 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is enameled porcelain. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

Its dimensions are

H: 15.2 cm (6 in.)

It has the following markings

underside: hammer, sickle hand-painted in blue overglaze.

Cite this object as

Dancing Peasant Woman Figure; Designed by Natalya Yakovlevna Danko (Russian, b. Georgia, 1892–1942); Manufactured by State Porcelain Factory (Russia); enameled porcelain; H: 15.2 cm (6 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-121

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