Lot Essay
For similar designs, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, pp. 194-212.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880-1890
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880-1890
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in his left hand, a cathedral in the distance, the reverse painted with a Greek cross depicting the icons of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, Saint John the Baptist, the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, on a scaled ground ornamented with little blue crosses, the sides with a band of gilt ciselé scrolling foliage on white ground, probably after a design by A.S. Kaminsky or O.S. Chirikov, apparently unmarked
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880-1890
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in his left hand, a cathedral in the distance, the reverse painted with a Greek cross depicting the icons of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, Saint John the Baptist, the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, on a scaled ground ornamented with little blue crosses, the sides with a band of gilt ciselé scrolling foliage on white ground, probably after a design by A.S. Kaminsky or O.S. Chirikov, apparently unmarked
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) high
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