Lot number 808 - Auction 156
SELTENE FESTTAGSIKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER 'UNVERBRENNBARER DORNBUSCH' UND DEN FÜNF MÄRTYRERN VON SEBASTE

A RARE ICON SHOWING THE RESURRECTION AND DESCENT INTO HELL WITHIN 14 MAIN FEASTS, THE MOTHER OF GOD 'OF THE BURNING BUSH' AND THE FIVE MARTYRS OF SEBASTE Russian, circa 1900 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Finely painted in great detail against a golden background. The spandrels showing the Evangelists. Minor losses. 31 x 26.3 cm.