Lot 391

RUSSIAN KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD CASED ICON
LATE 19TH / EARLY CENTURY

Auction: 30 September 2015 at 11:00 BST
£1,000
Description
within a silver gilt and enamelled oklad, bearing stamped maker's mark in Cyrillic, and bearing later plaque translated as 'TO THE RESPECTED ALEKSANDER DMITRIVICH LIFANTOYER/ PREACHER OF THE WORD OF GOD/ FROM THE MONKS AND LAITY/ OF THE KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD MONASTERY/ 14 APRIL 1929', in a wood case with glazed hinged cover
Dimensions
29cm x 24cm
