A RUSSIAN MINIATURE ICON OF THE MANDYLION (SPAS NERUKOTVONY) WITH GILT SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL OKLAD, WORKMASTER PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1891-1896 depicting the Holy Visage, egg tempera and gesso on wood panel, overlaid with gilt silver oklad finely chased to simulate an embroidered cloth, against a filigree foliate ground with conforming columnar border and corner plates featuring Greek crosses, the raised halo and spandrels with beaded and floral patterns, the verso with an oblong octagon engraved with dedication in Russian: Da prebudet bla- / -goslovenie Bozhie / nad vnukoyu / moyei Mariei [Let there be / Godly blessing / over granndaughter / of mine Maria ], marked with 84 standard and Moscow town mark, workmaster's mark P. OVCHINNIKOV in Cyrillic for Pavel Ovchinnikov with Imperial warrant , set in gilt silver frame with beveled glass; dimensions of icon: 9.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.) Start Price : 16000