Lot number 2591 - Auction 151
IKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN ALEXANDER NEWSKI MIT CLOISONNÉ-EMAIL-RIZA

AN ICON SHOWING ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY WITH SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RIZA Russian, St. Petersburg, Pyotr Artamonov, 1908-1917 (riza) Oil on wood panel with velvet backing. The silver-gilt oklad chased and engraved along the border with scrolling foliate motifs, the corners and the raised halo with cloisonné enamel geometric and stylised floral patterns, the plain background to the saint with two applied silver-gilt and champlevé enamel plaques inscribed with the name of the saint. Struck to the lower edge in Cyrillic with workmaster's initials 'P. ARTAMONOV' and assayer's mark with 84 standard. The icon painted in the recent decades 31.7 x 28 cm.