Lot 367

FOUR RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICONS OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
LATE 19TH CENTURY











Auction: Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600
Description
including an ICON OF OUR LADY OF IVERON OR IVERSKAYA, gilt silver oklad, stamped with Moscow 84 zolotnik mark and Cyrillic makers mark ‘GS’, purple velvet backing, 22.5cm high, 18cm wide; an ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD FEODOROVSKAYA, silver oklad, St Petersburg 84 zolotnik mark, assay mark for 1878, indistinct Cyrillic makers mark, faded purple velvet backing, 22cm high, 17.5cm wide; a SMALL ICON OF OUR LADY OF KAZAN, silver oklad, Moscow 84 zolotnik mark, assayers mark for Aleksandr Vladislavovich Smirnov dated 1892, indistinct Cyrillic makers mark, orange velvet backing, inside a glazed ebonised frame, 18cm high, 14.5cm wide; and a SMALL ICON OF OUR LADY OF KAZAN, silver oklad, 84 zolotnik mark, assayers mark dated 1891, Cyrillic makers mark ‘SA’, 18cm high, 14cm wide
Dimensions
the largest icon 22.5cm high, 18cm wide
Provenance
ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD FEODOROVSKAYA, St Petersburg 1878;
Provenance:
The Gerry Rafferty Collection of Russian Icons
Maria Andipa Icon Gallery, London
Private Scottish Collection
Sold in these rooms, Fine Antiques, 25 June 2014, lot 774










