Lot Essay
A comparable but smaller icon of St Nicholas by Yakov Mishukov was sold Christie's, London, 4 June 2018, lot 262.
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MARK OF YAKOV MISHUKOV, MOSCOW, 1874
Details
A LARGE AND RARE SILVER-GILT ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF VLADIMIR
MARK OF YAKOV MISHUKOV, MOSCOW, 1874
Rectangular, traditionally painted, the borders and halo repoussé with foliate scrolls, the halo decorated with pastes, applied with four corner-pieces, depicting four evangelists, marked on lower mount, halo and corner-pieces
27 x 21 in. (68.5 x 53.3 cm.)
MARK OF YAKOV MISHUKOV, MOSCOW, 1874
Rectangular, traditionally painted, the borders and halo repoussé with foliate scrolls, the halo decorated with pastes, applied with four corner-pieces, depicting four evangelists, marked on lower mount, halo and corner-pieces
27 x 21 in. (68.5 x 53.3 cm.)
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