The Ballets Russes in lacework porcelain from the Thuringia

From the first factory production of porcelain figurines in Europe, ballet has been a favourite motif: porcelain is a perfect vehicle for conveying the dynamism, brightness of colour, and elaborateness of pose and gesture that is characteristic of the art form.

Sculptural composition of Vera Trefilova as Kitri from the ballet “Don Quixote”

THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES FROM THE RUSSIAN BALLET 'KARNEVAL', PIERROT, EUSEBIUS AND ESTRELLE, CIRCA 1913-23, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, IMPRESSED NUMERALS, PIERROT WITH INCISED MODEL NO. D.283., EUSEBIUS WITH INCISION BELOW SWORDS

The Ballets Russes in lacework porcelain from the Thuringia factories, “GRANY” FOUNDATION PRESENTS

Herand Porcelain Nude Dancer

How Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Inspires Designers, Pop Stars, and More

Genre picture ARTISTS & IMAGES of The Tretyakov Gallery Magazine

Porcelain For Sale: A HISTORY OF THE LOSSES OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF CERAMICS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s

The Interlochen Collection: Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes

Glehn (Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn)

Porcelain For Sale: A HISTORY OF THE LOSSES OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF CERAMICS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s