The egg in the picture is very special. It is a Faberge egg. Faberge was a Russian jeweller who made 50 eggs for the Russian royal family. He is only known to have created 12 of the special eggs for private clients.
The egg was made for a banking family, the Rothschilds, in 1902. It was only discovered recently. It has a diamond-encrusted cockerel. The cockerel pops out every hour to flap its wings and nod its head while opening and shutting its beak and crowing.
The egg is one of only three known examples with a clock and a mechanical figure.
PHOTO: EPA
The Rothschild egg will be auctioned on Nov. 28 as part of a week of Russian art sales in London. It is expected to attract big bids from wealthy Russian business people.
(Staff writer with AFP)
照片中的那顆蛋非常的特別，它是一枚法貝奇彩蛋鐘。法貝奇是一名俄國珠寶商的名字，他替俄國皇室製作了五十顆彩蛋，但大家只知道他為私人客戶設計了十二顆彩蛋。
這枚彩蛋鐘是在一九○二年時，專為歐洲銀行家族─羅斯柴爾德家族所製作的，最近才剛被人發現。它上方有一隻鑲鑽的小公雞，會在整點鐘跳出來，拍動翅膀，點點頭，然後嘴巴一開一閉地啼叫。
這枚彩蛋鐘有時鐘和機械小公雞，是目前已知僅有三件同款作品的其中一件。
這枚彩蛋鐘將會在十一月二十八日於英國倫敦俄國藝術品拍賣週上公開拍賣，期望能吸引到富有的俄國商人出高價競標。（法新社／翻譯：楊鴻泰）
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