A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centering an oval panel depicting Archangel Gabriel, holding a lily in his left hand, his right raised in a blessing, after a painting by Timofey Neff, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian 'St. Archangel Gavriil', the reverse with a gilt ciselé roundel centering a starburst, with later red silk ribbon, apparently unmarked, with indistinct artist's initials
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centering an oval panel depicting Archangel Gabriel, holding a lily in his left hand, his right raised in a blessing, after a painting by Timofey Neff, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian 'St. Archangel Gavriil', the reverse with a gilt ciselé roundel centering a starburst, with later red silk ribbon, apparently unmarked, with indistinct artist's initials
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
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