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ST. MARGARET
RUSSIAN, MARK OF AFANASIY KORYTOV, YAROSLAVL, 1793
Represented frontal, full-length, leaning on one leg, raising the martyr's cross with her right hand and holding the edge of her maphorion in the other, Christ emerging from the clouds above, his hands extended in benediction, in the background a town, the smokey rendition of the trees further behind blending with the hazy blue colour of the horizon, the latter contrasting sharply with the solid, hilly landscape where the saint stands, the enamelled halo painted with foliate decoration, the name plaques framed by silver ribbons, the silver riza with traces of gilding, adorned with hammered stylised patterns
12½ x 10½ in. (31.75 x 26.75 cm)
RUSSIAN, MARK OF AFANASIY KORYTOV, YAROSLAVL, 1793
Represented frontal, full-length, leaning on one leg, raising the martyr's cross with her right hand and holding the edge of her maphorion in the other, Christ emerging from the clouds above, his hands extended in benediction, in the background a town, the smokey rendition of the trees further behind blending with the hazy blue colour of the horizon, the latter contrasting sharply with the solid, hilly landscape where the saint stands, the enamelled halo painted with foliate decoration, the name plaques framed by silver ribbons, the silver riza with traces of gilding, adorned with hammered stylised patterns
12½ x 10½ in. (31.75 x 26.75 cm)
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