Lot number 475 - Auction 156
SEHR FEINE IKONE MIT DER HÖLLENFAHRT UND AUFERSTEHUNG CHRISTI MIT ZWÖLF HOCHFESTEN IN MINIATURMALEREI

A VERY FINE ICON OF THE RESURRECTION AND DESCENT OF CHRIST AND THE MAIN LITURGICAL FEASTS Russian, Palekh, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel. The episodes executed in detail, the individual figures of classical proportions with meticulously portrayed faces rendered with bright colours, on gold ground. With miniature images of the Evangelists at each corner. The right border restored. 31.2 x 26.5 cm.