World Treasures: Important Russian, Asian, European & American Works
June 3rd & 4th, 2014
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LOT 34
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Lot 34
A LARGE ORNATE RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT SERAPHIM OF SAROV, CIRCA 1903. At center a full length image of the monastic saint depicted in the Skema and holding a prayer rope (chotki), and in the background the monastery he founded. In the upper left corner, an image of the Mother of God, his "Joy of Joys", and the upper margin inscribed with a title identifying him as "The Holy Venerable Seraphim Wonderworker of Sarov." The gilt background intricately incised with a repeating pattern, and the borders in simulated cloisonné enameling. 14 inches x 12.4 inches (35.5 x 31.4 cm).
Estimate:  $1,200 - 1,800   € 840 - 1,260
Price Realized: $4,000.00

Seraphim of Sarov was glorified (canonized as a Saint) in the year 1903 in no small part due to the enthusiastic support of the Tsarina Alexandra and her husband, Tsar Nicholas II, both of whom participated in his canonization service. Indeed it is recorded that an icon of St. Seraphim hung in the private train car of the Tsar.

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