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AN UNUSUAL GREEK TRIPTYCH
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Painted on a gold ground, the central panel with the Resurrection of Christ and His Ascension, the inner leaves with the Nativity of Christ and His Presentation in the Temple (Christ unusually represented as a large youth) the upper parts with the half-length figures of two Evangelists, their exterior with the Crucifixion and the Entombment, beneath the half-length figures of four Sainted Bishops, the outer leaves with the Annunciation to the Virgin and the Baptism of Christ, within a silver case decorated with applied filigree and pellets, the reverse painted with Saint George slaying the Dragon, damaged
4½ x 6¾in. (11.5 x 17cm.)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Painted on a gold ground, the central panel with the Resurrection of Christ and His Ascension, the inner leaves with the Nativity of Christ and His Presentation in the Temple (Christ unusually represented as a large youth) the upper parts with the half-length figures of two Evangelists, their exterior with the Crucifixion and the Entombment, beneath the half-length figures of four Sainted Bishops, the outer leaves with the Annunciation to the Virgin and the Baptism of Christ, within a silver case decorated with applied filigree and pellets, the reverse painted with Saint George slaying the Dragon, damaged
4½ x 6¾in. (11.5 x 17cm.)