TWO PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS

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TWO PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1888

ONE PAINTED WITH ST. ALEKSEI, METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW, WITH A STYLISED VIEW OF MOSCOW IN THE BACKGROUND, THE REVERSE WITH A GILT CROSS ON A BURGUNDY GROUND WITH THE INSCRIPTION IN RUSSIAN 'CHRIST IS RISEN'; THE OTHER PAINTED WITH BIRTH OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN THE PALEKH STYLE, THE REVERSE WITH A STYLISED POLYCHROME CROSS ON A BURGUNDY GROUND
BOTH: 4½IN. (11.5CM.) HIGH (2)

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THE MOTIFS FOR BOTH DRAWINGS WERE PROBABLY TAKEN FROM DRAWINGS BY OSIP CHIRIKOV. IN 1887-1888 HE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY TO MAKE DRAWINGS OF THE TWELVE FESTIVALS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND OF EIGHTEEN SAINTS AS MODELS FOR DECORATING PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OSIP CHIRIKOV SEE COPENHAGEN, CHRISTIANSBORG PALACE, IMPERIAL EASTER EGGS FEBRUARY-APRIL 1994, P. 108 AND 110.

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