Live Auction 1571Important Russian Art
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
Lot 326 PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART III

A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1870-1880S

Closed24 November 2014

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GBP 2,500

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1870-1880s
Ovoid, centring an oval panel depicting Saint Catherine of Siena, wearing a red gown and holding a palm frond in her left hand, within a gilt ciselé border, the emerald reverse painted with gilt floral branches, unmarked
4¼ in (11 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a nearly identical egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 173, no. 135.