A large and rare carved wooden Easter egg painted with a Russian beauty, inlaid with faceted colored glass, period of Nicholas II.

Height 6 1/2 in. (16,3 cm)

Diameter 3 3/4 in. (9,6 cm)

‘X.B.’ on reverse, abbreviation for CHRIST IS RISEN

Marked in pencil on rim with maker’s initials Cyrillic ‘B.K.’ and original price ‘4 Rubles 20 kopeks’.

Condition: there are some dark spots on the reverse, otherwise excellent.