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A silver-mounted icon in wooden travelling case
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A silver-mounted icon in wooden travelling case

CYRILLIC MARK, PROBABLY OF IGNATII SAZIKOV, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850

Details
A silver-mounted icon in wooden travelling case
Cyrillic mark, probably of Ignatii Sazikov, St. Petersburg, circa 1850
Rectangular, with trellis border to the sides and lower edge, an ogee arch above inscribed in Russian Christ Pantocrator with painted figure of Christ, silver halo, suspension ring, marked on lower rim, in fitted wood case stamped in Russian P R Idvornni fabrikant Sazikov at St. Petersburg and Moscow with the Imperial warrant
5½ in. (14.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Princess Lieven
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

HSH Princess Dorothea von Lieven, neé Countess Benckendorff (1785-1857) was a maid of honour to Empress Maria Fyodorovna of Russia. She married Prince Khristofor Andreyevich Lieven, the Russian ambassador to London 1812-1834. In 1834 he was appointed educator to the heir to the throne, tsesarevitch Alexander Nikolaevich, however, she lived in Europe on the pretext of health problems, finally settling in Paris, where she held salons. She was closely associated with Francois Guizot after her husband's death in 1838.

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