BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1860-1870S

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1860-1870s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Mother of God, bending over a book with her hands crossed, after a painting by Vladimir Borovikovskii, within a gilt ciselé foliate frame, the turquoise ground of the reverse painted with ciselé foliage and laurel wreath with crossed palm fronds, signed with initials ‘M K.’ for M. Kryukov, unmarked
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a similar egg depicting Mother of God, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 167, no. 129. For another similar model, also see G. Oistrakh and A. Tishchenko, Imperatorskie Farforovye Paskhalnye Iajtsa, Moscow, 2008, pp. 158-[159], no. 66.

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