Lot 27
  • 27

A Russian Icon of St. Alexander Nevsky with Gilded Silver Oklad, 19th century

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

Description

  • the oklad Moscow, circa 1910, with unidentified Cyrillic maker's mark S.G.

  • wood, gilded silver
  • 10 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.
  • 26.4 x 21.9 cm
the saint show standing at full length

Condition

the points on the figure's halo with minor bends
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Catalogue Note

For other icons made by the same unidentified maker, see Sotheby's London June 9, 2010, lots 804 and 808; see also Sotheby's New York April 21, 2010, lot 44