A SILVER-GILT AND FILIGREE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF VLADIMIR

MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.S.E.', MOSCOW, 1879

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A SILVER-GILT AND FILIGREE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF VLADIMIR
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.S.E.', MOSCOW, 1879
Rectangular, the Mother of God and Christ child realistically painted, their filigree vestments of foliate scrollwork simulating silk brocade, the openwork halos cast, chased and engraved with scrolling foliage, the border of the oklad with floral repoussé border, marked throughout
12¼ x 10¼ in. (31.1 x 26 cm.)