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    Sale 9521

    RUSSIAN PAINTINGS AND WORKS OF ART

    London, South Kensington

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    26 November 2002

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    • Two porcelain Easter eggs
    Lot 126

    Two porcelain Easter eggs

    BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1895

    Price realised

    GBP 940

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    Two porcelain Easter eggs
    by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1895
    Ovoid, both with gilt foliate Imperial cypher of Aleksandra Feorovna on white ground, one with flower bouquet on the reverse, within grey foliate borders, on later purple ribbon, the other with two flowersprays and cypher in gilt scroll cartouches on blue vertical bands, alternating with foliate bands, on later pale blue ribbon, apparently unmaked
    both 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high (2)

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