LOT 450A
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Lot 450A
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE RUSSIAN PAINTED PORCELAIN ICON, 1848, PROBABLY ROSTOV. The round porcelain icon with sunken cavetto and flared rim, painted with a dramatic scene of the Transfiguration. Verso inscribed “painted in the year 1848 in the month of February”. Held in a silver frame with winged cherub suspension device, stamped 84. Painted porcelain icons of this size are considered unique and are rarely encountered. Diameter 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500
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