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A Porcelain Easter Egg
Lot 95

A Porcelain Easter Egg

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Closed2 December 2009

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GBP 3,000

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A Porcelain Easter Egg
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, second quarter of the 19th Century
Ovoid, one side centering an oval panel painted with a bouquet of flowers, within a ciselé border, the reverse with gilt ciselé baskets of flowers and scrolling foliage on a blue ground, apparently unmarked
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high

Specialist note

For comparable porcelain Easter eggs by the Imperial Porcelain Factory painted with floral motifs, see T. Kudriavtseva and H.A. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Porcelain Easter Eggs, London, 2001, pp. 237-238.