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Egg
Alexander Edward Tillander (Russian, 1837-1918)before 1896
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In the Russian Orthodox religious tradition, eggs are offered as Easter gifts to symbolize rebirth, renewal, and the resurrection of Christ. This jeweled Russian egg is engraved with XB symbolizing the phrase, “Christ is risen,” and would have been given to a lady in a wealthy household, perhaps someone of high rank within the imperial court, given the richness of materials.
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- Title: Egg
- Creator: Alexander Edward Tillander (Russian, 1837-1918)
- Date Created: before 1896
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 5.6 x 3.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Type: Miscellaneous
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.435.a
- Medium: gold, enamel, sapphire, gold easel and stand, photograph covered with faceted green glass
- Inscriptions: engraved beneath the enamel of the top are the Cyrillic letters "XB" [in monogram] which signify the phrase, "Christ is risen."
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg, late 19th Century
- Credit Line: The India Early Minshall Collection
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1966.435.a
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