Lot 133
  • 133

Tabernacle orthodoxe portatif en vermeil gravé, orfèvre S.B, essayeur OP non identifié, Moscou, 1782

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Tabernacle orthodoxe portatif  en vermeil gravé, orfèvre S.B, essayeur OP non identifié, Moscou, 1782
  • silver-gilt
  • Haut. 43,5 cm, 1.067 g ;
la terrasse rectangulaire reposant sur quatre pieds, les côtés finement gravés d'une mise au tombeau où sont inscrits en cyrillique les noms de saint Nicolas, saint Jean, Marie et Joseph sur une face, la partie supérieure gravée d'une crucifixion sur une face, l'autre des instruments de la Passion, chacune sommée du tétragramme divin, le tout couronné d'un dôme ajouré de feuillages et corbeilles de fleurs, le tout sommé d'un Christ victorieux levant le bras droit, la face arrière s'ouvrant d'une porte et dévoilant un petit tiroir

Condition

Very finely engraved and fully marked. On the front, two hols were probably made to fix candlesticks
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