BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1887-1890s

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1887-1890s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting the Resurrection, within a gilt and pink foliate border, the reverse painted with a pewter coloured cross on shaded pink and white ground, within foliate scrolls, the front reserve inscribed in Russian ‘The Resurrection of Christ’, after a design by O.S. Chirikov, apparently unmarked
4¼ in. (11 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For comparable models, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 204, no. 158; also see G. Oistrakh and A. Tishchenko, Imperatorskie Farforovye Paskhalnye Iajtsa, Moscow, 2008, pp. 192-195, nos. 81-82.

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