A Rare Silver-Gilt and Cloisonne Enamel Triptych Icon
MARKED O. KURLIUKOV, WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEODOR RUCKERT,
MOSCOW, 1896-1908
Lot 20
Estimate $180,000 - $220,000
Lot Description Rectangular, the upper section shaped as an arch, the outer cover decorated with elaborate varicolor shaded enamel floral sprays on a pale apricot ground, within filigree scrollwork borders on light and dark green grounds, surmounted by two varicolor shaded enamel angels on a cream ground with sunburst motif, within blue borders with green geometric motifs; opening to reveal a central panel depicting Christ Pantocrator, within a blue ground frame decorated with shaded varicolor enamel floral and foliate sprays rising to two green ground pillars supporting a shaped arcade decorated with geometric motifs and filigree scrollwork on a pale green ground; flanked by a Guardian Angel, St. Nicholas and St. Sergius of Radonezh to the left and Archangel Michael, Martyr Alexandra the Empress and St. John to the right; all within a blue ground frame decorated with filigree scrolls and green geometric motifs, the reverse engraved with a border of trailing flowering vines surmounted by a cross, fully marked
3Ѕ in. (9 cm.) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide, extended