St Dmitry Porcelain Easter Egg, the Imperial Factory, circa 1860

Porcelain Easter egg with a finely painted miniature of Saint Dmitry Rostovsky, the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1860. St. Dmitry is wearing a red miter and red robe, yellow omophorion embroidered with crosses, a panagia and pectoral cross. His right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing, and he holds a crosier in his left. Condition: minor scratches. Height 10,5 cm (4 1/4 in).

Depiction of St. Dmitry on porcelain eggs is extremely rare.

$26,500.00

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The miniature is signed with initials 'A.K.' for the painter Andrei Alexandrovich Kirsanov (died 1887).

Inscription in Cyrillic on the frame of the miniature: Dmitry Rostovsky.

The reverse is with a sunburst on a gold ground within a ribbon tied wreath.

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