Lot 191
A SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF THE SIGN
Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1898-1908
£15,000 - 18,000
RUB 1,100,000 - 1,400,000
THE RUSSIAN SALE
7 Jun 2017, 15:00 BST
LONDON, NEW BOND STREET
the icon finely painted in bright colours on gilt -ground, the shaded enamel silver-gilt oklad with scrolling floral detail and crosses at the lower corners against cream ground, surmounted by a heavy suspension piece centred with the Mandylion, 84 standard
height: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in).
FOOTNOTES
Provenance
Acquired in Russia prior to 1917, thence by direct descent to a private English collection