A Russian Easter egg

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Russian Easter egg
Late 19th Century
The light blue-ground decorated with a medallion enclosing the depiction of the cathedral of Christ the Redemptor, further with flowerbranches surrounding cyrillic initials, on a metal chain
11cm. (4 1/4 in.) wide

拍品專文

This Moscow cathedral was built to commemorate the Victory over Napoleon in 1812. Stalin destroyed it with dynamite to replace it with a Palace of the Soviets. Yeltsin finally ordered to rebuild it before the end of the 20th century.

See illustration on page 25