Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 146
A group of 4 porcelain easter eggs
1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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Jacqueline Senior
Catalogue Administration Manager
A group of four porcelain easter eggs
various makers, late 19th - early 20th century
first painted in pastel hues with a hatching bird against white ground; second painted with bouquet of flowers against pale blue background; third gilt with crowned monogram 'AN' against white background, probably Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, early 20th century; fourth depicting the scene of Resurrection in oval reserve set within gilt ornamental border against gilt background; all unmarked
height of the largest: 9cm (3 9/16in).
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first painted in pastel hues with a hatching bird against white ground; second painted with bouquet of flowers against pale blue background; third gilt with crowned monogram 'AN' against white background, probably Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, early 20th century; fourth depicting the scene of Resurrection in oval reserve set within gilt ornamental border against gilt background; all unmarked
height of the largest: 9cm (3 9/16in).
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Footnotes
Provenance
The collection of a descendant of the Russian writer and publisher, Faddei Bulgarin (1789-1859)
For a comparable porcelain egg with crowned monogram 'AN' in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, see:
http://collections.hermitage.ru/entity/OBJECT/1006443
For a comparable example painted with Resurrection scene by the Kuznetsov Factory in the collection of the State Historical Museum, see:
https://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/91852