Lot 14
  • 14

A Russian Icon of the Resurrection of Christ with Feasts with Gilded Silver Oklad, 19th century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • the oklad, Moscow, 1853, with unidentified Cyrillic maker's mark PG
  • Tempera on wood, gilded silver, enamel, velvet backing
  • 12 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.
  • 30.5 x 27.1 cm
the Resurrection surrounded by twelve major Feasts of the Church, probably Palekh, the gilded silver oklad richly chased in the Neo-Rococo taste and heightened by alternating areas of polishing and stippling, the feasts identified with enameled plaques

Condition

overall good condition; the oklad with some slight denting consistent with age
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