ICON 'THE IVERSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD'IN A SILVER OKLAD AND WITH A ABRAMTSEVO CASE (KIOT) Moscow, late 19th century

oklad: silver, chasing, engraving, gilding, enamel; hallmarks: master's mark in Cyrillic 'G.S'for Grigoriy Sbitnev (1870-1914); assay master's mark 'A.A'above the date '1896', silver mark '84'and 'woman's head in kokoshnik facing left', the coat of arms of the city of Moscow kiot: oak wood, carving, workshop of Abramtsevo wood, oil 26,7 x 22,7 cm (icon), 56 x 48 cm (kiot) Condition: overall good condition, represents a significant collector's value The Iverskaya Mother of God is an icon of the Virgin Mary that, according to the sacred tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, was painted by Luke the Evangelist, then discovered by the monks and kept in the Georgian Iviron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. Numerous miracles have been attributed to the intercession of the Iverskaya Mother of God.