Easter Egg with inscription “Michael the Archangel”

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1860-1870s

Painter: Alexander Tychagin (A.Т.)

Overglaze laying, overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain; silk ribbon.

Height - 11.0 cm

Painted egg after the work “Archangel Michael Fights Satan” presumably ascribed to Timofei Neff (1805-1876).

A porcelain tablet with the complete original painting from the permanent exhibition of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum was instrumental in clarifying the origin of the composition.