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LOT 0368
Icon with Saint Alexandra Basil the Great, Feodor and Eudokia
LATER 19TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (1.27 kg, 31 x 25 cm).
Tempera on wood panel with silver-gilt basma reveal; gilt field with four nimbate figures standing in three-quarter view; the two outer figures each in floor-length female robe with wimple and open-fronted mantle; inner figures bearded with sumptuous vestments, each holding a codex; above, clouds parted to reveal facing figure with metal nimbus applied to the basma; above this, three nimbate figures in the basma with voids to reveal the painted faces below, repoussé floral motifs to border; Cyrillic legends Vasili (Basil), Aleksandra, Fyodor (Theodore), Ebdokia; mounting bars in recesses to reverse.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0368
Icon with Saint Alexandra Basil the Great, Feodor and Eudokia
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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