Live Auction 1571Important Russian Art
A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
Lot 334 PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, PART III

A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850S

Closed24 November 2014

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GBP 3,750

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A PORCELAIN EASTER EGG
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850s
Ovoid, centring an oval reserve depicting Saint Alexandra, wearing a yellow gown and a lilac cloak, reading a Bible, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in black in Russian above the miniature ‘Sv.-aya Tsaritsa Alexandra’, the reverse with gilt ciselé starburst, unmarked
4 in (10 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a nearly identical egg, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, p. 121, no. 87.