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RUSSIAN OLD-BELIEVERS ICON WITH MAGNIFICENT GILDED SILVER OKLAD SHOWING THE ENTRY OF MARY TO THE TEMPLE, THE MOTHER OF GOD ZNÁMENIE AND SAINTS

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Start price: €2,000

Estimated price: €2 000 - €4 000

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probably St. Petersburg, shortly after 1800

84 silver mark and master’s mark "B.C"
35.4 x 28.1 cm, weight oklad. 548g

The saints below are from left to right: St. Theodosia, St. John Klimakos, St. Basil, St. Antipas, St. Guardian Angel, St. Metropolitan Peter, St. Martyr Basil, St. George and St. Daria.
Certificate: Icon Museum Castle Autenried