Lot number 944 - Auction 138
MUSEALES TRIPTYCHON MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER VON KASAN (KASANSKAJA) MIT GOLD-RIZA IM VERMEIL-RAHMEN

A HIGHLY IMPORTANT SILVER-GILT TRIPTYCH SHOWING THE KAZANSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD WITH A GOLD RIZA WITHIN A SILVER-GILT TRIPTYCH Russian, Moscow last quarter 17th century (gold riza and triptych), Russian, circa 1800 (icon) Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The haloes made of gold. Minor losses to the borders. The is overlaid with a gold riza finely engraved with scrolling foliage. The Mother of God is flanked by St. Jacob and Paraskeva on the icon and Sts. Nikita and Paraskeva on the gold riza. The silver-gilt frame is finely engraved with the Mother of God of the Sign and Sts. Gury of Kazan and Barsonofiy of Kazan. The wings are engraved with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, the Apostle Peter and Nataliya. 17.3 x 15 cm (central icon), 220 gr (gold riza), 39.5 x 51 cm (extended triptych), 4974 g (silver-gilt triptych).