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For a nearly identical model, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 216, no. 168.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART II
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890S
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel painted with the Nativity, within a pale salmon pink border with a continuous band of gilt foliage, the pale yellow ground of the reverse with a gilt Greek cross, the front panel inscribed in Russian 'Rozhdestvo Khristovo', probably after a design by O.S. Chirikov, unmarked
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel painted with the Nativity, within a pale salmon pink border with a continuous band of gilt foliage, the pale yellow ground of the reverse with a gilt Greek cross, the front panel inscribed in Russian 'Rozhdestvo Khristovo', probably after a design by O.S. Chirikov, unmarked
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
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