A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF KAZAN
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF KAZAN

PROBABLY BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF KAZAN
PROBABLY BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular, the figures realistically painted, their garments of the Mother of God and Christ child applied overall with seed pearls, the haloes and oklad cloisonné enamelled with geometric motifs and stylised foliage in shades of blue, white, translucent red and green, with blue beaded borders, with green velvet backing, marked on lower edge
4 x 4¾ in. (10.2 x 12.1 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A very similar icon of the Iverskaya Mother of God by Pavel Ovchinnikov forms part of the Hillwood Museum collection. See A. Odom, Russian Enamels: Kievan Rus to Fabergé, Baltimore, 1996, pp. 134-[135], no. 79.

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