Lot Essay
A comparable porcelain egg is illustrated in T. Kudriavtseva, exhibition catalogue, The Royal Danish Collections and the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, 1994, no. 4, p. 58.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1800
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1800
Ovoid, each side centring a hexagonal cartouche painted en grisaille with martial trophies over a pale yellow ground, within gilt borders, the sides decorated with ciselé gilt scrolling acanthus centring a rosette on a royal blue ground, within gilt borders and berried laurel bands, apparently unmarked
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1800
Ovoid, each side centring a hexagonal cartouche painted en grisaille with martial trophies over a pale yellow ground, within gilt borders, the sides decorated with ciselé gilt scrolling acanthus centring a rosette on a royal blue ground, within gilt borders and berried laurel bands, apparently unmarked
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
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