A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting a putto, after Raphael's Sistine Madonna, within gilt ciselé foliate and geometric border on lavender ground, with a pale pink silk ribbon, unmarked, inscribed with painter's Cyrillic initials 'V.K.', probably for Vasiliy Nikolaevich Kornilov
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting a putto, after Raphael's Sistine Madonna, within gilt ciselé foliate and geometric border on lavender ground, with a pale pink silk ribbon, unmarked, inscribed with painter's Cyrillic initials 'V.K.', probably for Vasiliy Nikolaevich Kornilov
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
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