AN ICON «OUR LADY OF THE BURNING BUSH» (NEOPALIMAYA KUPINA) IN A BRASS OKLAD Central Russia, late XIX century.

Wood, gesso ground, gold leaf, tempera. Size 31,4 X 27 cm. Among the people, the image of the Burning Bush was honored as protecting homes from fires. T he Icon’s edges feature images of the old Testament prototypes of the Mother of God: «The Moses’s vision of the Burning Bush, “The Isaiah’s vision of Seraphim with a burning coal in tongs», «The Ezekiel’s vision of closed gates», «The Tree of Isai « and «The Jacob’s ladder». Condition: the brass frame matched to the icon. Frag-mentary tinting.