A Fabergé Silver Icon of the Kazanskaya Mother of God, Moscow, 1908-1917

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Sold

33,750 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

tempera on panel

the Mother of God and the Christ Child in traditional poses of the Kazanskaya depicted on a green ground, the silver frame decorated with bands of chased flowerheads, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic with the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 17 October 1986, lot 61