Product Description

Majolica "Lubok" Small Beer Mug. Colorful painting on pottery in the Gzhel majolica decorated with a folk style of "lubok" (лубо́к, лубо́чная картинка). This picture is a Russian popular print, characterized by simple graphics and narrative. They sometimes appeared in a series, a predecessor of the comic strip. It reads: "Баба Яга с мужиком, с плешивым стариком скачут пляски" (Baba Yaga dances and jumps with with a bald old peasant man) - an 18th century image. "тво фф' and St. George backstamp. Probably Gzhel, circa 1992.  5½" tall. 4" bottom diameter. 1 only, as shown