Lot 503
  • 503

a russian icon of a male saint, 17th/19th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • 15 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. 40 x 14.2 cm
holding a thurible and incense, Northern School, possibly part of a larger icon, inset into a later panel. Contained in a fitted wood display case

Exhibited

Hammer Galleries, New York, Seven Centuries of Russian Icon Painting, August 2-31, 1937
Albany Institute of History and Art, The Golden Age of Russian Icons, November 4-December 20, 1942

Condition

restoration and remounted
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