EASTER EGG WITH THE DESCENT INTO LIMBO
Creator(s): Lukutin Factory (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
Surface is lacquered blue with a many colored scene of the Descent into Limbo on the front and the standing figure of a saint on back. Scroll border is in gold and beneath figure of the saint an inscription. narrow silver gilt band. Blue silk cord and tassel.
- Object name:
- EASTER EGG WITH THE DESCENT INTO LIMBO
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier mâché -- oil paint -- tempera -- silk
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.15
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK crossed anchors and sceptre (for St. Petersburg before 1896); same combined with 84; ES (for Erik Strand); inscription: Martyr Saint Tsaritsa ?
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973