FOLDING TRYPTIC ICON 'THE MOTHER OF GOD KAZANSKAYA WITH SAINTS'

brass (?), silver, chasing, wood 12 x 4.3 cm (open) Condition: the painting is fragmentarily preserved, nail holes visible on oklad Folding icons are generally quite small and made up of two or three parts. They are also called 'travel icons' because people often took them with them when travelling. A triptych icon is made up of three icons, hinged so that the two side panels fold over the central panel.