RARE ANTIQUE RUSSIAN CERAMIC PLATE ABRAMTSEVO, 19th C.

RARE ANTIQUE RUSSIAN CERAMIC PLATE ABRAMTSEVO, 19th C.
RARE ANTIQUE RUSSIAN CERAMIC PLATE ABRAMTSEVO
A hand-painted wall plate depicting the bird of paradise Sirin surrounded by flowers.
Sirin is the image of a bird with the head of a girl from Slavic legends.
The artists of the Abramtsevo workshop often turned to ancient Russian legends for inspiration.
The main idea was to revive the art of Russian handicraft.
On the plate under the image of Sirin there is an inscription "Abramtsevo" in Russian.
On the back there are stamps and holes with a loop for wall mounting.
Circa late 19th - early 20th century.
CONDITION: Very good. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
SIZE: D. 6 3/8 inches (16.2 cm).
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WIKIPEDIA: Abramtsevo is an estate located north of Moscow, in the proximity of Khotkovo, that became a center for the Slavophile movement and artistic activity in the 19th century. The estate is located in the village of the same name, in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast. Originally owned by author Sergei Aksakov, other writers and artists - such as Nikolai Gogol - at first came there as his guests. Under Aksakov, visitors to the estate discussed ways of ridding Russian art of Western influences to revive a purely national style. In 1870, eleven years after Aksakov's death, it was purchased by Savva Mamontov, a wealthy industrialist and patron of the arts. Under Mamontov, Russian themes and folk art flourished there. During the 1870s and 1880s, Abramtsevo hosted a colony of artists who sought to recapture the quality and spirit of medieval Russian art in the manner parallel to the Arts and Crafts movement in Great Britain. Several workshops were set up there to produce handmade furniture, ceramic tiles, and silks imbued with traditional Russian imagery and themes. Working together in a cooperative spirit, the artists Vasily Polenov and Viktor Vasnetsov designed a plain but picturesque church, with murals painted by Polenov, Vasnetsov and his brother, a gilded iconostasis by Ilya Repin and Mikhail Nesterov, and folklore-inspired sculptures by Viktor Hartmann and Mark Antokolsky. Towards the turn of the 20th century, drama and opera on Russian folklore themes (e.g., Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden) were produced in Abramtsevo by the likes of Konstantin Stanislavsky, with sets contributed by Vasnetsov, Mikhail Vrubel, and other distinguished artists.