Lot 279
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART II
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Barbara holding a palm frond and a silver dish, after a painting by José de Ribera, the sides painted with a gilt scrolling foliate band on white ground, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, unmarked
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar egg is held in the collection of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg, inventory number MZ-I 2050. For another similar egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 185, no. 144.

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