A GEM-SET, ENAMEL AND WOOD SILVER-MOUNTED TRIPTYCH ICON

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21.07.2020 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 168 | A GEM-SET, ENAMEL AND WOOD SILVER-MOUNTED TRIPTYCH ICON
Rectangular, the hinged covers opening to reveal an icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin in a gem-set cloisonné enamel gold-mounted oklad with wooden borders, flanked by icons of St Lidia and St Feodor, both within silver mounts engraved with scrolling foliage, the silver cover similarly engraved with bouquets of flowers and fruit, inscribed in Russian 'Feodor Vasilievich / Lidia Nikolaevna / Porokhovi / 1908', the reverse decorated with mother-of-pearl, centring a handwritten paper note in Russian, with suspension loop and a silver chain, marked throughout
67/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
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