Lot number 2161 - Auction 161
SIGNIERTE IKONE MIT DEN HEILIGEN BASILIUS DEM GROSSEN UND EUDOKIA

A SIGNED ICON SHOWING STS. BASIL THE GREAT AND EUDOKIA Russia, St Petersburg, Arseniy Semenovich (?), circa 1900 Finely painted in oil on a Cypress wood panel. Against a gold tooled background, the patterns of spandrels and borders emulating contemporary metal oklads. On the reverse two Cyrillic stamps, one reading 'MELNIKOV'. Minor losses to the edges. 35.4 x 31 cm.