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For a similar egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 153, no. 116.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART V
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860s
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, after a painting by Fedor Bruni, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Molenie o Chashe.’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, signed with initials ‘I. Kh.’, apparently unmarked
4½ in (11.5 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850-1860s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, after a painting by Fedor Bruni, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Molenie o Chashe.’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, signed with initials ‘I. Kh.’, apparently unmarked
4½ in (11.5 cm.) high
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