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Ovoid, one finely painted with Saint Tsarevich Dmitry after the design by Osip Chirikov, two painted with St. Peter, reverses decorated with Greek crosses on red and yellow grounds, all with variously colored velvet and silk ribbons, apparently unmarked
414 in. (11 cm.) high each
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For similar eggs depicting Saint Tsarevich Dmitry, see T. Kudriavtseva and H. Whitbeck, Russian Imperial Easter Eggs, London, 2001, pp. 202-203, nos. 156-157.

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