RUSSIAN ORTHODOX SILVER GILT ICON, CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
BY SEMYON GALKIN, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1908-1917
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: Day 2 - Thurs 15th May from 10am | Lots 314 to 602
Description
painted panel mounted in a silver and gilt oklad, Christ holding a book open to the Gospel of John 13.34, the robes engraved and chased in trompe l'oeil style, the oklad struck once below the right hand with makers mark SG in Cyrillic and a Moscow Kokoshnik mark, with a coral/orange velvet backing, mounted inside a later glazed frame
Dimensions
Icon 18cm high, 14.5cm wide, 2.5cm deep