Lot number 2463 - Auction 138
BEDEUTENDES TRIPTYCHON MIT DEM HEILIGEN ALEXI, METROPOLIT VON MOSKAU, FLANKIERT VON DEN HEILIGEN NIKOLAUS VON MYRA UND BARBARA

AN IMPORTANT SILVER TRIPTYCH SHOWING ST. ALEXIY, METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW, FLANKED BY STS. NICHOLAS OF MYRA AND BARBARA Russian, early 20th century (painting), Russian, Moscow, Ivan Khlebnikov, 1908-1917 (silver mount) Tempera on metal, finely executed in great detail against a gold ground. The Saint shown half-length. All decorated with intense chrysography. Held in a finely chased silver frame with scroll and foliate borders. Marked with assayer's mark, 84 standard and master's mark 'KHLEBNIKOV' in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant. 18 x 19.3 cm (extended).