PAIR OF ICONS FOR A WEDDING CEREMONY ICON ‘CHRIST PANTOCRATOR’ WITH SILVER FRAME AND CASE (KIOT) ICON ‘MOTHER OF GOD KAZANSKAYA’ WITH SILVER FRAME AND CASE (KIOT)

Icon ‘Christ Pantocrator’ with silver oklad and case (kiot) Russia, early 20th century oklad: silver, engraved, gilded Hallmarks: master’s mark in Cyrillic ‘AZ’ (possibly Alexei Semenovich Zavarkin (1896–after 1908)), woman’s head in kokoshnik facing left, silver mark ‘84’ wood, oil 17 x 13 cm, 25 x 21 cm (with kiot) Condition: icon without later interventions, patina on the frame, distortions on the Book, crack on the rear wall of the kiot Icon ‘Mother of God Kazanskaya’ with silver oklad and case (kiot) Russia, late 19th – early 20th century Oklad: silver, stamped, engraved, gilded Hallmarks: master’s mark in Cyrillic ‘IN’ (?), woman’s head in a kokoshnik facing left, silver mark ‘84’ wood, oil 17 x 15 cm, 25 x 23 cm (with kiot) Condition: icon unrestored, patina on the frame, gilding partially lost on the sides of the kiot