A silver-gilt and enamel icon of St Maria Magdalena, Orest Kurlyukov, Moscow, 1894

depicting the Saint standing full length, the silver-gilt oklad repoussé and finely chased, with applied spandrels in opaque blue, red and white enamels, the halo enamelled with the saint's name, the borders with a scrolling foliate pattern, struck with maker's mark IT (Cyrillic), 84 standard

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