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LOT 2318
Painted Gilt Wooden Icon of Byzantine Saint George
20TH CENTURY A.D.
20 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (1.79 kg, 52.5 x 30.2 cm).
Rectangular wooden panel with chamfered border, gesso and gilt surface; painted image of a standing nimbate figure, bare-headed and wearing a cuirass and red cloak, with curved rectangular shield and drawn sword; legend: 'OAΓι ΓΕωΡΓιοC' (Saint George); 'COPY 40 TAM 2' to verso and label with details in Greek, English and French 'No.1903b Byzantine Museum. "St George" 15th cent.' [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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