Lot Essay
For a similar egg, see G. Oistrakh and A. Tishchenko, Imperatorskie Farforovye Paskhalnye Iajtsa, Moscow, 2008, pp. 162-163, no. 68.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART V
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1870-1880s
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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1870-1880s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Emperor Constantine wearing a crown, a red cloak, with his arms crossed, holding a cross in his right hand, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian above the miniature ‘Imp. Konstantin.’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, signed with initials ‘A. T.’, unmarked
4 3/8 in (11 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1870-1880s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Emperor Constantine wearing a crown, a red cloak, with his arms crossed, holding a cross in his right hand, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian above the miniature ‘Imp. Konstantin.’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, signed with initials ‘A. T.’, unmarked
4 3/8 in (11 cm.) high
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