A large Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator enthroned, with twenty church festivals on the borders, Provincial Yaroslavl, circa 1700

Lot 231
09.06.2021 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 231 | A large Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator enthroned, with twenty church festivals on the borders, Provincial Yaroslavl, circa 1700
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
An Important Swiss Collection (lots 65, 73-96, 171-172, 195-199, 231-234, 253)

A large Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator enthroned, with twenty church festivals on the borders, Provincial Yaroslavl, circa 1700



Christ is shown seated on an embroidered cushion on an elaborate Baroque throne decorated with flowers and foliage, angels by his head, Cherubim and Seraphim by his feet, the whole painted in tones of pale green and pale raspberry red, the borders stripped of their original colour, stenciled inventory number on the reverse

97.3cm by 83cm, 38 1/4 in by 32 3/4 in.
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