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<B>Imperial Russian Gilt Metal Easter Egg</B></I><BR><I>Third quarter of the 19th century</B></I><BR><BR>Of typical form, hinged and fitted with pushpiece within suspension ring, the exterior of one half applied with <I>Khristos</B></I> in Cyrillic, the other half with <I>Voskrese</B></I>, for the Russian Orthodox Easter greeting, <I>Christ is Risen</B></I>, opening to reveal an oval portrait of a lady facing left said to be that of Russian Empress Maria Fedorovna (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III, wearing somber clothes, the frame lifts on a hinge to reveal vacant compartment, with another vacant compartment opposite, lined in moir silk-length of egg-4 in. <BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Purchased from St. Petersburg Shop, Paris
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