A silver, seed pearl, paste and champlevé enamel icon of the Mother of God, Ivan Alekseevich Alekseev, Moscow, 1899-1908

the border chased with a recurring, scrolling design, the applied halos with geometric borders, the halo of the Mother of God with further stylised buds and openwork, the robes of both figures fully embroidered with seed pearls and applied with paste-set stars, struck to the lower edge and in the field with maker’s initials in Cyrillic, 84 standard

31.2 by 26.9cm; 12 1/4 by 10 1/2 in.