the central portion hand-painted with a naturalistic portrait of a priest, a city vista with church steeples is visible behind him, the priest holds his hand on a bible, the central cartouche on verso with a triangle emanating light, the egg body with gilded floral decoration, height: 9 cm (3 1/2 in.), with an impressed Imperial warrant featuring a Cyrillic 'N1'


PROVENANCE:
Property of a private collector, New York