Lot 25
  • 25

A Russian Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with Gilded Silver Oklad

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • the oklad Moscow, 1865, with unidentified Cyrillic maker's mark L.Z.
  • Tempera on panel, gilded silver
  • 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
  • 31.8 x 26.7 cm
the saint depicted at half length, the border of the gilded silver oklad chased and repoussé with strapwork with floral ornament

Condition

some rubbing to surface of icon, particularly on the saint's hand, also with some denting to oklad consistent with age
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