Can anyone here read Russian ?

[Answerprancer]

(...handwriting)
I have a small ceramic sculpture that was brought back from the Ukraine some years ago and it has a label underneath with some handwriting on it.
I assume it's Russian, I'd love to know what it says, the sculpture has a certain mystique to it. (Photos available)

[flobadob]

http://translate.goog...%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BF%3F

[Answerprancer]

Thanks Flobadob, but it's handwriting.

[DrFilth]

send a scan of the handwriting to the russian embassy they are very helpful

[ChuckFickens]

I'd assume it was in Ukrainian personally :)

[Answerprancer]

Call me ignorant Chuck, but I thought Russian/Ukrainian were virtually the same.

[Answerprancer]

Ok, Dr F - if no one here can translate, I'll try that.

[DTCwordfan]

It's not this is it?:

Яйца Фаберже

[Answerprancer]

Great gosh-a-mighty, you're right ! - it's a variant on cyrillic.

[Answerprancer]

DT ..I wish! Those things fetch a fortune in auctions. No it's a spooky looking statuette of a woman with a hole in her head and another in her left tit.
It's quite modern looking and reminiscent of the Venus of Willendorf.

[The Builder]

Ukrainian is only slightly related to Russian, AP. Even the alphabet is slightly different, I think.

[DTCwordfan]

groups.msn.com/SovietPorcelainCollectors/back
stamps.msnw?Page=1


may be useful?

[DTCwordfan]

well recognised AP!

[flobadob]

What about Купить получить один бесплатный?

[Answerprancer]

Ok - here she is in all her Slavic glory:
http://i1028.photobuc...Photator/IMG_5531.jpg

[Answerprancer]

Flobadob - I doubt it, she's a 'one off' afaik !

[wolf63]

Gosh - that's er an interesting piece of art.

[DrFilth]

just thinking what wolf63 has just posted

[Answerprancer]

Well what did you expect ..Venus Di Milo ? LOL

[DrFilth]

http://www.sothebys.c...ian-art/overview.html

[wolf63]

AP - have you managed to translate the words on your sculpture? It is so ugly that it just has to have some value. ;-)