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THB19th C. Russian Icon w/ Silver Oklad - Virgin & Child
Lot 117
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Dec 10, 2020
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2020-12-10 12:00:00
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Bidsquare : All That Glitters | Ancient & Ethnographic
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Think glass, silver, gold, bronze, brass, wearable, decorative, worth owning! Unique finds from Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near East. Asian art from east to west. Pre-Columbian. Spanish Colonial. Fabulous Russian Icons with silver oklads. Ancient / Ethnographic jewelry, and more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Think glass, silver, gold, bronze, brass, wearable, decorative, worth owning! Unique finds from Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near East. Asian art from east to west. Pre-Columbian. Spanish Colonial. Fabulous Russian Icons with silver oklads. Ancient / Ethnographic jewelry, and more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1890 CE. Beautifully painted in egg tempera on wood and fitted with a stunning silver hallmarked oklad, this icon presents the Virgin Hodegetria ("She who shows the way"), the composition depicting the Mother of God holding the Christ child in one arm, as He makes a blessing gesture. The petite scale of this icon was ideal for its intent as a portable traveling icon. The silver oklad adds a three-dimensional quality to the image featuring repousse haloes with decorative chased borders, the Virgin and Child's cloaks seemingly of billowing fabrics with cascading folds and abstract floral and geometric motifs and decorative borders. Silver quality: 86%. Size: 3.25" L x 2.75" W (8.3 cm x 7 cm)
The pair's finely painted faces and the Christ Child's hand are visible through openings in the oklad, and the pair are surrounded by a border further adorned with finely executed geometric motifs and engraved with an inscription below. The verso is covered with rose pink colored velvet.
The oklad or riza, sometimes referred to as a revetment in English, is a metal cover that not only protects the icon, but also serves to honor or venerate the figure(s) depicted on the icon. Oklads are usually adorned with repousse work and pierced to reveal elements of the underlying painting.
Icons (icon means "image" in Greek) are sacred objects within the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition. Found in homes as well as churches, these painted images depict holy persons and saints as well as illustrate scenes from the Scriptures. Icons are not worshiped, but are instead venerated for their ability to focus the power of an individual's prayer to God. As such they are truly "windows into heaven."
Lucite stand in photo not included.
Provenance: ex-Estate of Dr. W.M. Bogdanowicz, Naples, Florida USA
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#160752Hallmarks are stamped on the bottom end of the oklad and include maker's and assay marks: AC , AW/1890 , 84 (indicating sterling silver), and a crossed anchor symbol representing St Petersberg, the city of origin.Condition
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