A Soviet porcelain group "Ruslan and Ludmila" likely by...

A Soviet porcelain group "Ruslan and Ludmila"

likely by the Dulevo Factory, Likino-Dulevo, circa 1950

Apparently unmarked, possibly after the model by Asta Davydovna Brezhezitskaia (Russian, 1912-2004) designed in the 1950's, Ludmila depicted wearing a kokoshnik. The underside witgh impressed mark, and marked in ink, "5455" "1597" (partially effaced) and in Cyrillic (N NM (?).

H: 14 3/4 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Maryland

A variant or possibly trial for the current model which remains in production at Dulevo today, but without the kokoshnik.