Majolica Ewe Figure [Gzhel]

Majolica Ewe. A ewe (female sheep) with curled horns serves up a tasty meal from her jug. Hand decorated in natural clay earth pigments of brown, blue, green leaf, sienna, umber and ochre. Painting all around. Signed by the artist. Gzhel, circa 1991. 6" in height. 1 only, as shown

Refer to the reference book Gzhel: Ceramics 18th-19th-20th Centuries. Moscow: Planeta, 1989. pp. 176-78. More information on the book here.