Lot no. 169
A RUSSIAN TRAVELING ICON OF ST. GEORGE WITH GILT SILVER, CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL OKLAD, WORKMASTER ALEKSANDR OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1891-1894 depicting St. George, egg tempera and gesso on wood panel, overlaid with gilt silver and cloisonne enamel oklad, the vestments applied overall with seed pearls, the raised halo and spandrels with stylised floral patterns against a filigree foliate ground with conforming border and corner plates, the title plaques of champleve enamel, marked with 84 standard, Moscow town mark, assayer's mark V.S. in Cyrillic, likely for VIktor Vasilyevich Savinsky and workmaster's mark A. OVCHINNIKOV in Cyrillic for Aleksandr Ovchinnikov ; dimensions of icon: 13.5 x 11.3 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.) Start Price : 16000
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Old paintings
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05/18/2019
Offered by Shapiro Auctions
001 212-717-7500