Lot 8
  • 8

A Russian Gilded Silver and Enamel Icon Triptych, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, circa 1910

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • also with French import mark
  • Gilded silver, enamel, oil on copper
  • 6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (open)
  • 15.9 x 18.4 cm
painted with Christ Pantocrator flanked by the Mother of God and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the borders enameled with colorful foliage and geometric forms against a stippled gilt ground, the top of the central panel with an Orthodox cross against sky blue transparent enamel over a ground engraved with sun rays, with suspension ring at back

Condition

some minor losses to the enamel and the surface of the icons
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