A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, one centring an oval panel depicting Christ the Savior raising his right hand in benediction and holding his left hand on the globe surmounted by a cross, the reverse painted with gilt ciselé starburst, indistinctly inscribed in Russian above the miniature, the miniature also signed with Cyrillic initials 'V.M.', unmarked
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
Ovoid, one centring an oval panel depicting Christ the Savior raising his right hand in benediction and holding his left hand on the globe surmounted by a cross, the reverse painted with gilt ciselé starburst, indistinctly inscribed in Russian above the miniature, the miniature also signed with Cyrillic initials 'V.M.', unmarked
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
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