Sculptural composition “Brotherhood”
Czechoslovakia ,
МЗСБ КП 3901 П 880
40,2 х 28 х 18,7 cm
bisque, casting, firingcase
Sculptural composition "Brotherhood". Model of the monument to Karel Pokorný near the building of the Main Railway Station of Prague. The sculpture depicts fraternization of a Czech partisan with a Soviet soldier. Karel Pokorný began working on this composition in the first weeks after liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet soldiers and finished it in 1950. The work was awarded with the Czechoslovakia State Prize and was presented for the Peace Prize.
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Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
The United Kingdom ,
23.05.1944
Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
A double-sided linen napkin. On one side there is an inscription in English that reads: “People with people, lands with lands will live freely together as comrades”. On the other side the inscription reads: “A token of friendship from Dover, the English front-city, to Stalingrad, the bastion of freedom and peace”. All the corners of the napkin are decorated with the USSR and the UK flags embroidered in circles. It is a crochet border napkin. Kent county, Dover
Carved vase
China ,
May 1954
Carved vase
A gift from the delegation of Chinese cultural workers who visited Stalingrad in May 1954. The metal vase is covered with numerous layers of varnish (resin) and decorated with carvings. The master sought the volume and complexity of the counter-relief. The inside and the bottom of the vase are finished with monochrome enamel (cobalt)
