Vase with the Taras Shevchenko monument of Kiev and the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition abbreviation
1950-
Kiev Glass Factory
The 1950s
Uncolored glass with cobalt coloring, deep etching, diamond cutting
Height
The Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861) monument was officially unveiled in a park opposite Kiev University on March 6, 1939. The sculptor M.T. Manizer (1891–1966) produced it for the 125th birth anniversary of the great Ukrainian poet.
The abbreviation of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition indicates that the vase was intended as a souvenir of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition, which after the end of the Great Patriotic War (WWII) resumed operations in 1954 and was renamed to the Economic Achievements Exhibition (VDNKh) in 1958.