This porcelain Easter egg from the early 1900s bears a depiction of saints from Russian ruling houses – Prince Vladimir, Princess Olga, Princes Boris and Gleb, Prince Alexander Nevsky, Prince Mikhail of Chernigov and Tsarevich Dmitry of Moscow – and also the namesake saints of the Russian imperial couple, Nicholas and the Martyr Empress Alexandra.
Title:
Easter Egg with the Images of Saints
Place of creation:
Manufacture, workshop, firm:
Imperial Porcelain Factory and Glassworks
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Material:
Technique:
overglaze polychrome painting, polychrome enamel painting, gilding, selective polishing
Dimensions:
29,4х18,0 cm
Acquisition date:
Entered the Hermitage in 2002; transferred as part of the collection of the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory
Inventory Number:
Мз-И-1991
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