Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres New hard-paste cookie bust of singer Lenonid Sobinov by Séraphin Soudbinine, 1915 Embossed on the bust: Sèvres stamps, S1915DN, CV repareur molder's mark and S. Soudbinine signature. Soudbinine. Engraved on the base: Sèvres hallmarks, S1915DN, molder's mark LG. Marked on the base: black stamp S1915DN and red stamp Décoré à Sèvres 1915. Height: 26 cm Bisque bust of opera singer Leonid Sobinov (1872-1934) by Russian sculptor and ceramist Soudbinine Seraphin (1867-1944). The front is decorated in gilded relief with attributes of the arts and a Cyrillic inscription: L Sobinov.

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