A Porcelain Easter Egg
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, circa 1860-1870
Ovoid, one side of the white body centring a tondo painted with the Madonna praying on a grisaille ground, within a segmented ciselé border, the reverse with gilt ciselé Ten Commandments, candles, cross, Bible and flock of sheep with reeded ciselé border, the sides with gilt stylized vegetal and geometric motifs, with blue suspension ribbon and rosette, unmarked
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
A Porcelain Easter Egg
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, circa 1860-1870
Ovoid, one side of the white body centring a tondo painted with the Madonna praying on a grisaille ground, within a segmented ciselé border, the reverse with gilt ciselé Ten Commandments, candles, cross, Bible and flock of sheep with reeded ciselé border, the sides with gilt stylized vegetal and geometric motifs, with blue suspension ribbon and rosette, unmarked
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
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