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Easter egg with flowers and birds

1880s

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

Porcelain, overglaze polychrome painting and enamel

Height: 12 cm

Depicted on the pink background are birds sitting on blossoming cherry branches.

The artists of the factory took their motifs from Oriental art. They decorated their products with depictions of flowers and compositions incorporating flowers, birds, butterflies and insects.

 

 

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