Lot Essay
For a comparable Easter egg from the State Hermitage collection, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, p. 670.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Painted with St Luke the Evangelist, with a winged bull's head, probably after the design by S. Romanov, the reverse painted with scrolling foliage on light blue ground, apparently unmarked
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Painted with St Luke the Evangelist, with a winged bull's head, probably after the design by S. Romanov, the reverse painted with scrolling foliage on light blue ground, apparently unmarked
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
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