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LOT 2309
Painted Wooden Icon of Saint Nicholas
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 x 8 5/8 in. (715 grams, 30.5 x 22 cm).
Rectangular wooden panel with mounting bar to reverse; low-relief carved facing nimbate figure in sumptuous robe holding a book in his left hand and making the gesture of blessing with his right; Cyrillic legend flanking the neck 'CΦ ЧЕРДР ΝІΚыΛАC' (Saint Nicholas). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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