Lot number 2201 - Auction 151
SEHR SELTENE IKONE MIT DEM GROSSMÄRTYRER PROKOPIUS MIT RELIQUIEN

Estimated call time
06.11.2025 - 13:27 o'clock

Initial price

12.000,00 EUR

(Minimum bid 12.000,00 EUR)
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Description
A VERY RARE ICON OF THE GREAT MARTYR PROCOPIUS WITH RELICS Russian, Moscow, Armory Chamber Workshop, circa 1700 Tempera on wood panel, halo and armor of the saint gilded. This icon of the Great Martyr Procopius has a distinctive feature: in the lower part there is a rectangular recess that originally contained relics of the saint. Such reliquary icons not only served for the veneration of the depicted martyr but also functioned as personal "house shrines." They were often brought to Moscow from the Orthodox eastern regions, where they were highly esteemed as miracle-working images. The relics transformed the icon into a sacred object of immediate holy presence, making it a central focus of both private devotion and liturgical practice. Minor restoration. 31.1 x 25.7 cm.
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Lot number 2201
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