A parcel-gilt icon of the Kazanskaya Mother of God, maker's mark in Cyrillic A.V.S., Moscow, 1766-1768

with elaborate repoussé and chased oklad, the Virgin's maphorion mounted with a gemset flower head, with pierced halo and scrolling foliate reliefs, set with niello plaques, the upper corners inscribed Mother of God, and lower centre Blessed are you amongst women, Ivan Titov, framed within a scrolling foliate cartouche

There is significant paint loss and surface dirt, craquelure and paint shrinkage. One of the diamonds is missing from the flower head. We would advise prospective buyers to view.
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