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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
Lot 303

A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed28 November 2011

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring a panel depicting the Resurrection of Christ within a gilt ciselé frame, the gilt reverse with ciselé starburst medallion within loop link ciselé border, the front panel indistinctly inscribed in Cyrillic and signed with Cyrillic initials 'Ia.A.', possibly for Ia. Amelchenkov, unmarked
4¾ in. (11.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

A comparable porcelain egg is illustrated in T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 224, no. 172.