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A porcelain Easter eggafter design by Osip Chirikov, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, c. 1890 image 1
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Lot 153

A porcelain Easter egg
after design by Osip Chirikov, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, c. 1890

5 June 2019, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £10,687.50 inc. premium

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A porcelain Easter egg

after design by Osip Chirikov, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, c. 1890
central reserve finely painted with standing figure of Saint Alexander Nevsky highlighted with gold pigment with city of Vladimir in background, encircled by strapwork band, reverse with cross against pink ground
height: 11.5cm (4 1/2in).

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Provenance
Acquired in Russia in the 1950s by a foreign diplomat
Then by direct descent


For similar examples, please see Tamara Kudriavtseva and Harold A. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, Merrell, London, 2001, p. 194.

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