Lot Essay
A comparable icon of St Nicholas was sold Christie's, Geneva, 9 May 1979, lot 108.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
A PAIR OF SILVER-GILT ICONS DEPICTING THE MOTHER OF GOD AND CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
MARKED ‘VLADIMIROV’, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘MNT’, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
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A PAIR OF SILVER-GILT ICONS DEPICTING THE MOTHER OF GOD AND CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
MARKED ‘VLADIMIROV’, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘MNT’, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Each rectangular with arched top, the figures realistically painted, the silver-gilt oklad decorated with interwoven rope band and anthemion ornament along the top edge, applied with four crosses, with suspension loop, both icons signed in Cyrillic 'Platonov' in the lower right corner, marked on lower borders
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
MARKED ‘VLADIMIROV’, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘MNT’, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Each rectangular with arched top, the figures realistically painted, the silver-gilt oklad decorated with interwoven rope band and anthemion ornament along the top edge, applied with four crosses, with suspension loop, both icons signed in Cyrillic 'Platonov' in the lower right corner, marked on lower borders
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
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