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EASTER EGG

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

On the front is painted the interior of a church. A monk is kneeling at the altar to the left and another figure kneeling in the right foreground. "Stone of the Altar of the Lord," see #81 Sotheby's New York, June 19, 1991. Around the scene is a gold frame bordered in white. The back of the egg is entirely in gold and there is engraved on it a sunburst in a medallion.

Object name:
EASTER EGG
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1855-1881
Size:
7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.352
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973