SAINTS POLICARP, NIKIFOR, ALEXANDRA AND THEODOSIA

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SAINTS POLICARP, NIKIFOR, ALEXANDRA AND THEODOSIA

RUSSIA, PALEKH STYLE, 19TH CENTURY, THE OKLAD WITH MAKER'S MARK IN CYRILLIC OF E. SAMOKISH, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

Traditionally painted in bright colours, shown full-length, Christ the Saviour above flanked by the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and Saint George, on gilt ground, on the borders Saints Andrew the Apostle and Basil the Great, in later gilt white metal repoussé, chased and engraved oklad with applied engraved cornerpieces, coloured stones from cornerpieces missing, marked on the lower rim
11½ x 9 3/8in. (29 x 24cm.)