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LOT 2090

Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas in Byzantine Style

19TH CENTURY A.D.

9 in. (946 grams, 23 cm).

Gilt panel with hand-painted image of St Nicholas standing between busts of Jesus and Mary, Cyrillic text above; mounted in a wooden frame with grapevine surround and hinged glazed lid; old label to reverse 'O bache / Capitain'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 2090

Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas in Byzantine Style

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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