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Michael Schilkin

(Finland, 1900-1962)
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Michael Schilkin, a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 540 - 4 420 EUR
3 620 - 4 530 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Michael Schilkin
(Finland, 1900-1962)

a stoneware sculpture of a polar bear, Arabia, Finland 1945.

Light green/grey glaze, maker's stamps Schilkin Arabia and incised 45, length 36 cm, width ca 28 cm, height 27,5 cm.

Firing cracks, minor glaze chips around the base.

Designer

Michael Schilkin (1900-1962) was a Finnish sculptor and ceramicist born in Trubino, Russia. He moved to Finland in 1921 and studied at the Central School of Art. Eventually he was hired at the Arabia porcelain factory. He is mainly known for his stoneware and clay figurines depicting wild animals, but also created human figures and wall reliefs in public places with musty glazes in earth tones. The sculptures are powerful with a humorous tone.

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