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a russian book of gospels with fine partly gilded silver and niello binding, Moscow, late 18th century
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- height 19 1/2 in. 49.5 cm
the partly gilded silver finely repoussé and chased with foliage and applied with a niello plaque of Christ in the center, each corner mounted with a niello plaque of an Evangelist, by Feodor Andreyanov, Moscow, 1796, Assay-master Andre Titov, unidentified Alderman, Cyrillic initials A.O.P. Contained in a painted wood box