Lot Essay
For a similar egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 147, no. 112.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART III
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1850-1860S
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Olga, wearing a yellow robe and a dark blue mantle, holding a cross, within a gilt ciselé border, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv. Tsaritsa Olga.’, signed with initials ‘M.K.’, unmarked
4¾ in (12 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Olga, wearing a yellow robe and a dark blue mantle, holding a cross, within a gilt ciselé border, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv. Tsaritsa Olga.’, signed with initials ‘M.K.’, unmarked
4¾ in (12 cm.) high
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