Lot 14
  • 14

Icon of Christ Pantocrator with silver-gilt and enamel oklad

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

Description

  • silver-gilt, wood
  • 8 5/8 x 7 in.
  • 22 x 17.8 cm
the oklad embossed with pricked robes and book, cross-hatched ground, applied probably later with cloisonné enamel corner brackets and enamel title plaque, marked only on the separate halo with AK and 84 standard mark for 1896-1908

Condition

oklad thin with waving and splits to edges, esp. center top, probably regilt, as noted re: marks; brackets only glued on
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