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Lot 192
Sale 3009 - The Forbes Collections
Dec 14, 2016
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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A Russian Icon of the Coronation of the Mother of God Possibly Ukrainian or Polish, mid 19th century
Depicting the Mother of God, crowned by God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit depicted as a dove, surrounded by cherubim and seraphim, with a slavonic inscription in Vyaz' reading: "Sacred Coronation of the Holy Mother of God." The back with several inscriptions, the first, partially legible dated "16 September 1844" and beneath, "God's blessings to [our] son Vasilii, in the year 1861."
H: 12 1/4, W: 10 1/4 in.