A silver-gilt and cloisonne enamel icon
SALE 7598, 11 June 2008
RUSSIAN ART
Lot 303
Estimate (Set Currency) $79,000 - $98,000
A silver-gilt and cloisonnй enamel icon marked Faberge with the Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 28387.
Rectangular, the icon finely painted on metal and depicting Saint Vladimir, within a silver-gilt and shaded cloisonnй enamel oklad of blue, green and brown pan-Slavic decoration with geometric motifs and silver detail, marked on lower rim 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high.