A Lomonosov porcelain (State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad) model of the great Rsian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) in the role of Boris Godunov, Tsar of Rsia, mid 20th century, modelled after the original created for the factory by Yakov A. Trupiansky in 1922, impressed 51, painted puce 18, other indistinct marks, 28.5cm highCf. Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927 (1990), no. 110, p. 103.