Porcelain Easter eggs from various manufacturers, late 19th – early 20th century

A group of four porcelain Easter eggs by various manufacturers, late 19th – early 20th century. The first is painted in pastel tones, depicting a hatching bird on a white background; the second features a bouquet of flowers on a light blue background; the third is gilded, with a crowned monogram “AN” on a white background, probably Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, early 20th century; the fourth depicts a Resurrection scene in an oval reserve frame with gilded ornamentation on a gilded background; all unmarked, height of the largest: 9 cm (3 9/16 in). (4)

Footnotes:
Provenance: From the collection of a descendant of the Russian writer and publisher, Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859). For a comparable porcelain egg with a crowned “AN” monogram in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, see http://collections.hermitage.ru/entity/OBJECT/1006443. For a comparable example painted with a Resurrection scene by the Kuznetsov Factory, in the collection of the State Historical Museum, see https://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/91852. For more information about this lot, visit Bonhams.com.