Lot 15
  • 15

Icon of the Iverskaya Mother of God with silver-gilt, enamel, and paste-set oklad

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • silver-gilt, enamel, wood
  • 12 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.
  • 32 x 27.3 cm
the oklad chased wtih flower-decorated robes within border of ruffled acanthus and flowers, labeled plaques in floral surrounds, with past-set halos, marked on base rim with unknown maker ПЛ, Moscow, 1830, 84 standard, the halo marked ФЕ

Condition

probably regilt, as noted different maker to halo, some creasing at two left corners, upper left enamel plaque with abrasions and lower left plaque with loss along crack to middle; painted surface with crack to upper left side, losses where oklad rubs surface
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