A RUSSIAN ICON OF «THE KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD» IN SILVER-GILT POLY-CHROME ENAMELED OKLAD
Lot 109
3 2003 700
Moscow, early XX c.
Oklad: silver, stamped, engraved, gilding, polychrome enamel on the filigree. Oil on wood. Hallmarks (the center of the icon): maker «E.K»; silver mark 84 (zolotnik) and a small female head in a kokoshnik. 26.5 x 22 cm.
Condition: without renovation, painting in a good condition, covered with a layer of darkened var-nish, patina on the oklad. An exquisite silver oklad with a careful and varied performance of the ornamental elements, gracefully emphasises the magnificence of the image.