Lot number 2179 - Auction 161
FEINE DATIERTE PATRONATSIKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN MÄRTYRER ARETHAS VON NADSCHRAN, FLANKIERT VON DEM PATRIARCHEN ATHANASIOS UND DEM EHRWÜRDIGEN ZAREN ELESWOI VON ÄTHIOPIEN, MIT CLOISONNÉ-EMAIL-RIZA

A FINE DATED PATRONAL ICON SHOWING THE HOLY MARTYR ARETHAS OF NAJRAN FLANKED BY PATRIARCH ATHANASIOS AND THE VENERABLE KING ELESBOI OF ETHIOPIA WITH A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RIZA Russian, dated 1903 (icon), Russian, Moscow, Dmitriy Shelaputin, 1896-1908 (riza) Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Gilding. The silver-gilt riza repoussé and chased, with cloisonné enamel decoration. Dated in Cyrillic along the lower border: 'Painted in May of the year 7411'. The riza marked with district assay office mark, 84 standard and Cyrillic master's mark 'SHELAPUTIN'. Four selected saints on the borders: the Guardian Angel, Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Eustathius and Saint Mavra. Minor retouching. 31.4 x 26.5 cm.