Beautiful vintage Soviet figurine “May Night”, based on the works of Gogol, collectible porcelain, collectible figurines, Ukrainian style

“There was a time when the boys and girls, tired of day’s labors and worries, noisily gathered in a circle, in the brilliance of a clean evening, to pour out their fun into sounds, always inseparable from despondency …“ The sun is low, the evening is close, Come out to me, my heart! ” NV Gogol “May night, or the drowned woman.”

“Do you know the Ukrainian night? Oh, you don’t know the Ukrainian night! Take a look at this. From the middle of the sky a month looks. The immense firmament rang out, parted even more immensely. It burns and breathes. The earth is all in a silver light; and the wonderful air is cool-stuffy, and full of bliss, and moves the ocean of fragrances. Divine night! A charming night! ”- wrote the famous Ukrainian-Russian writer N.V. Gogol.

The amazingly beautiful story of the classic, as if woven by him from poetic words, or the endless feeling of love of a young woman for her husband – now it is difficult to say what prompted the sculptor Oksana Zhnikrup to work on this statuette. The wife of a famous porcelain sculptor, she expressed the depth of her feelings in sculpture. This can be seen in the skill of modeling, in the thoroughness of the painting, in the depth of the colors. Therefore, the work of Oksana Zhnikrup warmed more than one loving couple. You see the porcelain figurine “May Night” by the masters of the Polonsk Artistic Ceramics Plant. The sculpture also has the name “Lovers”. Based on the story of N.V. Gogol’s “May Night, or the Drowned Woman” from the famous collection “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”. The sculptural composition, imbued with the flavor of Ukraine, romanticism, reflected the talent of the great writer.

Detailed portrayal of faces, national ornament, hand overglaze painting, plastic clay of a rare shade and the skill of artists put the work in the gallery of classics of Soviet porcelain. The stamp on the statuette reminds that it was made in the 70s of the twentieth century. Collectible condition, no chips, cracks, scratches, abrasions. Indeed, the bygone era is inimitable, and sculpture can take a place in any collection of porcelain.