Lot 45
  • 45

A Russian Icon Pendant of the Guardian Angel, Dmitrii Smirnov, Moscow, circa 1910

Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • oil on copper, gilded silver, enamel, cloth
  • height 2 1/4 in.
  • 5.7 cm
with champlevé enamel frame decorated with a series of church domes across the top and neo-Byzantine ornament along the sides and base

Condition

slight scratching to the surface of the frame; some minor fraying to the cloth backing
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