Lot number 1086 - Auction 151
SEHR FEINE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER VON TICHWIN (TICHWINSKAJA) MIT VERMEIL-RIZA

A VERY FINE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF TIKHVIN WITH SILVER-GILT RIZA Russian, early 18th century (icon); Moscow, Aleksei Fedorovich Frolov, 1865 (riza) Tempera on wood panel, partly gilded, with chrysography. The riza of silver-gilt, repoussé, engraved and struck with city mark, assayer's mark, '84' standard and master's mark 'AF' in Cyrillic. With two saints on the borders, the Guardian Angel among them. Executed in very fine painting, the garments enriched with elaborate gold folds, the faces modelled in shades of brown and beige. Minor areas of retouching. 31 x 26.5 cm.