GOGOL -- PORCELAIN FIGURINES (6) based on Nikolai Gogol's novel 'Dead Souls' and comedy 'The Government Inspector' after models by Boris Vorob'ev (1911-1989), and a painted design by Ivan Riznich (1908-89). Leningrad, Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (Lomonosovskii Farforovyi Zavod), 1950's. Height of the tallest 163 mm. All marked LFZ. ('Sobakevich' w. tiny chip on bottom of pedestal, 'Dobchinskii/Bobchinskii' w. some dam. fingers).
From "Dead Souls": Manilovs, Sobakevich, Plyushkin, Chichikov and from "The Government Inspector": Gorodnichii, Bobchinskii and Dobchinskii.€ 800