A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel icon of Alexander Nevsky, Pyotr Artamonov, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
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November 30, 06:31 PM GMT
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12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel icon of Alexander Nevsky, Pyotr Artamonov, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
the silver-gilt oklad chased and engraved along the border with scrolling foliate motifs, the corners and the raised halo with cloisonné enamel geometric and stylised floral patterns, the plain background to the saint with two applied silver-gilt and champlevé enamel plaques inscribed with the name of the saint, struck to the lower edge in Cyrillic with workmaster's initials, 84 standard
32 by 28.5 cm; 12½by 11¼in.
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