A HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PRESENTATION ICON OF THE PATRON SAINTS OF MOSCOW ST ALEXIS, PETER AND JONAH
THE ICON, MOSCOW, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY; THE OKLAD, ASSEMBLED CIRCA 1912
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PRESENTATION ICON OF THE PATRON SAINTS OF MOSCOW ST ALEXIS, PETER AND JONAH THE ICON, MOSCOW, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY; THE OKLAD, ASSEMBLED CIRCA 1912 All saints depicted full length, with an image of the Trinity above, the gold basma oklad assembled from various pieces, the fine filigree scrollwork tsata and halos decorated with cabochon rubies and coloured garnets, applied with black champlevé enamelled gold plaques, inscribed with the names of the saints and the Russian inscription ‘[To] Pious Heir to the Throne Tsesarevitch and Grand Prince Alexei Nikolaevich Moscow City Year 1912 May’, apparently unmarked; with a velvet-lined kiot 12½ x 10¾ in. (31.8 x 27.5 cm.)
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PRESENTATION ICON OF THE PATRON SAINTS OF MOSCOW ST ALEXIS, PETER AND JONAH
THE ICON, MOSCOW, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY; THE OKLAD, ASSEMBLED CIRCA 1912
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PRESENTATION ICON OF THE PATRON SAINTS OF MOSCOW ST ALEXIS, PETER AND JONAH THE ICON, MOSCOW, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY; THE OKLAD, ASSEMBLED CIRCA 1912 All saints depicted full length, with an image of the Trinity above, the gold basma oklad assembled from various pieces, the fine filigree scrollwork tsata and halos decorated with cabochon rubies and coloured garnets, applied with black champlevé enamelled gold plaques, inscribed with the names of the saints and the Russian inscription ‘[To] Pious Heir to the Throne Tsesarevitch and Grand Prince Alexei Nikolaevich Moscow City Year 1912 May’, apparently unmarked; with a velvet-lined kiot 12½ x 10¾ in. (31.8 x 27.5 cm.)
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