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For almost identical design, see G. Oistrakh and A. Tishchenko, Imperatorskie Farforovye Paskhalnye Iajtsa, Moscow, 2008, pp. 188-189, no. 79.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Savva Storozhevsky with a gilt halo, raising his right hand in benediction and holding a scroll in his left hand, all within a gilt interlocking foliate strapwork border, the reverse centring a gilt patonce cross with white, orange and blue beads, on a burnished orange ground, the front panel inscribed in Cyrillic 'Venerable St Savva Storozhevsky', after a design by O.S. Chirikov, unmarked
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Savva Storozhevsky with a gilt halo, raising his right hand in benediction and holding a scroll in his left hand, all within a gilt interlocking foliate strapwork border, the reverse centring a gilt patonce cross with white, orange and blue beads, on a burnished orange ground, the front panel inscribed in Cyrillic 'Venerable St Savva Storozhevsky', after a design by O.S. Chirikov, unmarked
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
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