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Lot 132
Sale 5617 - British & European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 17, 2017
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Greek Baroque icon of Saint Dionisius the Areopagite possibly Cyprus, 18th century
Depicting the saint enthroned beneath the all-seeing eye, surrounded by cherubim and angels and flanked by saints Peter and Paul, the whole within gilt baroque scrollwork with scenes from the life of the saint in corner roundels, the verso painted with Golgotha, cross, sponge, and spear, inscribed ICXC, NIKA, and dated 1733; housed in giltwood frame.
H: 14, W: 10 3/4 in.