Lot Essay
For nearly identical eggs, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, pp. 58-61, 67-68, no. 24, 26, 27, 35, 36. For other similar models, see G. Oistrakh and A. Tishchenko, Imperatorskie Farforovye Paskhalnye Iajtsa, Moscow, 2008, pp. 71-[72], 80, no. 17, 26.