TWO-PART ICON ‘MOTHER OF GOD KORSUNSKAYA AND SAINT NICHOLAS’ AND ‘MOTHER OF GOD BOGOLYUBSKAYA’ IN SILVER OKLAD Russia, 19th century

Lot 506

Sold

Oklad: silver, chasing, engraving, gilding Hallmarks: master’s mark in Cyrillic ‘ML’ for Lipman M. (Vilno, 1862-1903) ?; assay’s master mark in Cyrillic ‘A.S’ above the date ‘1862’, silver standard mark ‘84’ and the coat of arms of the city of Moscow; engraved inscriptions in Cyrillic: ‘ Kazanskaya Presviataya Bogoroditsa’ and ‘Sv. Nikolay Mirlikiysky Tchudotvorets’ wood, levkas, tempera 31 x 26,5 cm Condition: overall good condition, partially restored The inscription ‘Kazanskaya Mother of God’ on the oklad instead of ‘Korsunskaya’ is a mistake, and the Bogolyubskaya Mother of God is not mentioned: presumably, this happened when the oklad was made for the previously existing icon; the edges of the board were added, and the icon was restored. The silver oklad, decorated with a variety of floral ornament, characteristic motifs of ‘traditional’ Russian decoration, has significant artistic value.

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