A rare Russian icon of the Mother of God "My Soul Magnifies The Lord" with a silver oklad the icon showing the Virgin enthroned in an oval reserve holding a book open to the words of the Magnificat in Cyrillic reading "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior," the silver oklad chased and repoussé with Neo-classical ornament, struck with mark of assayer Aleksei Vikhliaev, the Cyrillic initials AOP of an unidentified alderman, and Cyrillic initials IF, possibly for Ivan Fedorov Moscow, 1797; the halo with seraphim and crown, with maker's marks obscured, Moscow, 1899-1908 12 1/2 x 10 in. (32 x 25.5 cm)
A rare Russian icon of the Mother of God "My Soul Magnifies The Lord" with a silver oklad the icon showing the Virgin enthroned in an oval reserve holding a book open to the words of the Magnificat in Cyrillic reading "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior," the silver oklad chased and repoussé with Neo-classical ornament, struck with mark of assayer Aleksei Vikhliaev, the Cyrillic initials AOP of an unidentified alderman, and Cyrillic initials IF, possibly for Ivan Fedorov Moscow, 1797; the halo with seraphim and crown, with maker's marks obscured, Moscow, 1899-1908 12 1/2 x 10 in. (32 x 25.5 cm)
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