Lot 265
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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, CIRCA 1860-1870S

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1860-1870s
Ovoid, centring a panel depicting ‘Virgin Mary’ after Vladimir Borovikovskii, bending over a book with her hands crossed, within a gilt ciselé foliate frame, the dark blue ground of the reverse blank, unmarked
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a similar egg, 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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