Shepherd with sheep Armenian Porcelain Figurine Vintage, Yerevan Faience Factory, Armenian Soviet Porcelain

Vintage Armenian Shepherd with sheep figurine made of porcelain/ceramic in 1960s from the Yerevan faience factory during the soviet era, hand painted and the author was Vagan Teruni. Yerevan red first quality ca. 1960s - 1988 mark.

Height 16cm – 6.29in

Weight 292gr

Initially there was a small ceramic workshop at the Yerevan cement factory. But in 1947/48 the Yerevan faience factory was created and organized on the basis of the workshop. At first the factory used German shapes and forms.

Only in the end of the 40s the painters came to the factory, these were painter and sculpter R. L. Simonjan (series “Armenian dancing” was her work during 1948-1949) and sculptor-ceramist Vagan Teruni (since 1953 was the floor manager of artistic workshop).

In the 60s new generation of creators came to the factory, among them were D Babajan and A. Chakmakchjan. In 1976 the workshop, which had manufactured figurine, was closed and in 1988 the factory ceased to exist totally.