Lot number 2278 - Auction 156
KLEINE UND FEINE IKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN NIKOLAUS VON MYRA MIT CLOISONNÉ-EMAIL-RIZA

A SMALL AND FINE ICON SHOWING ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA WITH A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RIZA Russian, Moscow, Petr Baskakov, 1896-1908 (riza) Tempera on wood panel with velvet backing. The silver-gilt background engraved with scrolling foliage, the borders repoussé with foliate scrolls and set with vari-coloured paste. The halo enamelled. Marked with assayer's mark, 84 standard and master's mark 'PB' in Cyrillic. The icon repainted in the recent decades. 23 x 20.7 cm.