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Mandylion
Morozov, maker's mark AH, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £11,250 inc. premium

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Mandylion

Morozov, maker's mark AH, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
realistically painted in fine details on copper within silver-gilt trompe l'oeil simulation of textile veil, the oklad in rectangular mount with engraved label in Cyrillic 'This icon was blessed on the feast of St. Alexander Nevsky, 18 August 1912'; reverse covered in red fabric applied with plaque inscribed in Latin 'For sweet Maly with every best wish on this day from her devoted Sergei, S. Petersburg Ogust [sic] 19/1912', 84 standard

40 x 31cm ( 15 3/4 x 12 3/16 in).

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ICÔNE REPRÉSENTANT LA DÉISIS AVEC LES SAINTS ZOSIME ET SAVVATI Russie, première moitié du XIXe siècle