R19,000
AN UNUSUAL RUSSIAN ICON OF AN ORTHODOX BISHOP, 19TH CENTURY
Standing, dressed in a blue brocade robe beneath a tasselled pink stole decorated with pectoral crosses, his left hand clasping a crosier surmounted by two confronting serpents, his right-hand holding a cross, his pensive face framed by locks of grey hair beneath a domed brocade mitre, the top left register painted with a figure of Christ holding an icon in His left hand, the right raised in blessing, the decorative border inscribed with Slavic text, age wear, scratches, paint loss
27 by 22,2cm
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