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LOT 1945
Post Medieval Romanian Ex-Voto Icon Dedicated to Kostas Soatana and Nikouli
20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 3/4 in. (370 grams, 40 cm).
Rectangular wooden plaquette with short handle and D-shaped lobe above; obverse with painted celestial scene above a panel of black Cyrillic script with red initials to the names of saints; Copperplate Romanian dedicatory legend to reverse.
Provenance
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1945
Post Medieval Romanian Ex-Voto Icon Dedicated to Kostas Soatana and Nikouli
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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