Lot number 1021 - Auction 147
SEHR FEINES PAAR HOCHZEITS-IKONEN MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER IWERSKAJA UND CHRISTUS PANTOKRATOR MIT CLOISONNÉ-EMAIL-OKLAD IM KIOT

A VERY FINE PAIR OF WEDDING ICONS SHOWING THE IVERSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD AND CHRIST PANTOKRATOR WITH A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL OKLAD WITHIN KYOT Russian, circa 1900 (icons), Russian, Moscow, Alexander Ivanovich Sparyshkin, 1896-1908 (oklads) Oil on wood panels. Each icon with gilded silver oklad with chased robes, both with brightly coloured enamelled haloes. Marked with assayer's mark, 84 standard and master's mark 'AS' in Cyrillic. Minor areas of retouching. Each 17.2 x 13.8 cm, 51.3 x 46.5 cm (with glazed kyot).