Antique Icon of Mary Theotokos with Child

GREECE, 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (697 grams, 29.6 x 22.5 cm).

Rectangular wooden block with gesso-covered surface; image of Mary Theotokos in an elaborate red himation supporting the infant Jesus on her left arm; applied two-part horseshoe oklad around Mary''s head with radiating punched stripes; applied crescent oklad around Jesus's head with rosettes and Greek lettering; small fabric bag attached to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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