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Faberge Resurrection Egg
Date: 1887
Height: 3-7/8 inches
Markings: MP (Michael Perchin), crossed anchors, 56
The clear rock crystal egg rests on a fluted quatrefoil base that is
colorfully enamelled in a Renaissance-inspired design of translucent
green, red, and blue arabesques between bands of opaque white enamel
dotted with red enamel. The base features four pearls and panels of rose
diamonds and eight brilliant-cut diamonds. The base supports a large pearl
which is connected to the crystal egg with gold mounts. The egg itself is
banded with gold and diamonds. The resurrection group featured inside is
Christ rising from the tomb, flanked by two angels. The figures are
enamelled in opaque colors quite naturistically. This was only the second
egg of the Imperial egg series. it had no surprise within. It is also the
only Imperial Faberge egg with a direct reference to the Easter holiday it
was created to observe.
Made between 1885 and 1890, this egg is one of Faberge's
masterpieces; exquisitely made in the manner of the Italian Renaissance.
The three gold figures in the group are enamelled en ronde bosse -
white drapery and lilac-coloured wings. The grass and the ground on which
the group is arranged are enamelled pale green and brown with yellow
flecks, and the base is surrounded by a narrow belt of rose diamonds.
The door is enamelled to simulate marble with a coral-colored
handle. The whole Resurrection scene is contained within a carved rock
crystal egg, the two hemispheres held together by a line of rose diamonds.
A large pearl serves as the shaft for this egg.
 
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