RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART, FABERGÉ & ICONS
27 NOVEMBER 2018 | 2:30 PM GMT LONDON
Lot 510
A silver-gilt and cloisoneé enamel icon of the Entrance of the Virgin into the Temple, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1899-1908
70,000 — 90,000 GBP
LOT SOLD 346,000 GBP
the oklad entirely covered with vivid shaded varicoloured enamels, the raised basma with scrolling flowerheads, the corners with windged seraphims painted en plein, the central panel with repoussé figures and raised halos, the robes of the Virgin set with two rose-cut diamonds, struck with workmaster's initials FR (Cyrillic), 84 standard
32 by 28cm, 12 5/8 by 11in.
LITERATURE
Illustrated, E. Kirichenko, Russian Design and the Fine Arts: 1750-1917, 1991, pl. 118, p. 128