#resurrection egg

[archaicwonder]

Rare Viking 'Resurrection Egg', 9th-11th Century AD

A glazed hollow ceramic egg with a hole to the underside, dragged yellow lines to the outer face,  36mm (1 1/4")

These eggs are usually assigned to Kievan Rus workmanship, however they were found in a wider geographic area. They are thought to represent an early form of a popular Orthodox tradition of painted eggs, or 'pysanka,' popular during the Easter holiday as a symbol of resurrection. However, the symbolism may be pre-Christian, with connection to the goddess Ēostre and idea of a Cosmic Egg, from which the world was created.

[mybeingthere]

Rare Viking ‘Resurrection Egg’, 9th-11th Century AD

A glazed hollow ceramic egg with a hole to the underside, dragged yellow lines to the outer face,  36mm (1 ¼")

These eggs are usually assigned to Kievan Rus workmanship, however they were found in a wider geographic area. They are thought to represent an early form of a popular Orthodox tradition of painted eggs, or ‘pysanka,’ popular during the Easter holiday as a symbol of resurrection. However, the symbolism may be pre-Christian, with connection to the goddess Ēostre and idea of a Cosmic Egg, from which the world was created.

(Source: timelineauctions.com, via gnostix1)

[uniqueaffordableartprints-blog]

Although undated, the Resurrection Egg is believed to have been presented to Czarina Feodorovna. It is one of only two Faberge Imperial Eggs that make direct reference to the Resurrection of Christ. The egg's surprise, an exquisitely wrought Resurrection group, is seen through the simple elegance of the polished rock crystal shell. The figures of Christ rising from the tomb and the angels on either side are sculpted in the round and naturalistically enameled.