A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, circa 1880

Painted on one side with Saint Nicholas, the reverse gilt with Cyrillic initials for XB for Christ is risen and flowerheads on a red ground, the sides divided by a band of gilding with raised chevrone decoration and a band of stylized foliage over the red ground -- 9.6 cm high

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