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