Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume art glass bottle 5 1/4" tall not measuring

5 1/4" tall not measuring handle

This ceramic mushroom sculpture and flower frog was produced by the Lantz

standing before him

It measures 24 1/2" tall x 21" wide x 1" deep

as if he's just woken from a nap

Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume art glass bottle 5 1/4" tall not measuringI'm really taken with this little papier mache doll, so finely constructed and painted, and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure!) I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls, handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s, with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time. She, in shades of white, blue and yellow,