A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND SEED-PEARL ICON OF CHRIST...

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Lot 177 | A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND SEED-PEARL ICON OF CHRIST...
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND SEED-PEARL ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR

MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'V.S', MOSCOW, 1899-1908

Rectangular, traditionally painted, with seed-pearl garments, the oklad enamelled with varicolour foliage with ropework scrolls, the halo and tsata similarly enamelled, the outer borders decorated with eight enamelled roundels depicting an Imperial double-headed eagle and cross, the mounts engraved with a dedication in Russian 'From Aprak / 27 July 1901 / Gatchina', marked on lower mount

3 7/8 x 3 in. (10 x 7.5 cm.)

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