EASTER EGG
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
On front, a standing figure of a saint and Russian inscription. Monasteries are depicted in the background. The sides are painted with a rinceau. The back is painted with a cross, the bust of Christ in the center, Archangels on the upper and lower arms and Mary and John of the side arms.
- Object name:
- EASTER EGG
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1890
- Size:
- 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.390
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION in Russian: "Saint Holy, Pious Tsarevich Dimitri;" back: cross; center: X
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973