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A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD HODIGITRIA AND CHOSEN SAINTS THE OKLAD MARKED WITH CYRILLIC MAKER'S INITIALS V.SH, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1789
Traditionally painted, the silver-gilt oklad with repoussé and chased rocaille, cornucopie and foliate scrolls within beaded borders, the haloes enriched with sunburst, the Mother of God's further enhanced with a crown between two angels, marked on rim-13½in. (34.3cm.) high
Traditionally painted, the silver-gilt oklad with repoussé and chased rocaille, cornucopie and foliate scrolls within beaded borders, the haloes enriched with sunburst, the Mother of God's further enhanced with a crown between two angels, marked on rim-13½in. (34.3cm.) high