ITALIAN ALABASTER EGG - Red
$8
Style: #1000

Beautiful handcrafted alabaster egg. Made in Volterra, Italy - the home of Alabaster. Egg marked Made In Italy. 2" tall. 

Egg stand not included. 

Colors may vary. Colors in photograph are close but may not represent true colors. 

According to tradition, during a dinner with the emperor Tiberius Caesar, Mary Magdalene was speaking about Christ's Resurrection. Caesar scoffed at her, saying that a man could rise from the dead no more than the egg in her hand could turn red. Immediately, the egg turned red. Because of this, icons of Mary Magdalene sometimes depict her holding a red egg. Also, this is believed to be an explanation for dyeing eggs red at Easter.