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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
Lot 292

A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed3 June 2013

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GBP 7,500

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, centring a panel depicting 'The Agony in the Garden' after Feodor Antonovich Bruni (1800-1875) within a gilt ciselé frame inscribed in Russian 'Molenie o chashe' ('Agony in the Garden'), the gilt reverse with ciselé starburst medallion within a berried leaf border, the front panel signed with Cyrillic initials 'E.D.', unmarked
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

Eggs painted with the same miniature are held at the Hillwood Museum, Washington, and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg. Also see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 153, no. 116.