LOT 64
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Lot 64
A FINE RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, VLADIMIROV, CIRCA 1908. Naturalistically painted, and depicted in the standard pose, on her way to the tomb, holding a jar of ointment in which to apply to the body of the crucified Christ. Overlaid with an engraved silver riza with arched central reserve, leaf tip and beaded border and suspension loop at top. Hallmarked Saint Petersburg, circa 1908-1917 and Cyrillic makers name of Vladimirov. 3.6 inches x 2.9 inches (9 x 7.3 cm).
Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500
€ 700 - 1,050
Unlike the rest of Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy maintains that Mary Magdalene, distinguished from Mary of Bethany and the "sinful woman", had been a virtuous woman all her life, even before her conversion. Therefore they have never celebrated her as a penitent. Indeed in the East there is a tradition that Mary Magdalene led so chaste a life that the devil thought she might be the one who was to bear Christ into the world, and for that reason he sent the seven demons to trouble her. Mary Magdalene is honored as one of the first witnesses of the Resurrection and received a special commission from Jesus to tell the Apostles of his resurrection. She was among those women who brought ointments to the tomb of Jesus and for this reason, is called a Myrrhbearer. According to Eastern traditions, she retired to Ephesus with the Virgin Mary and there she died. Her relics were transferred to Constantinople in 886 and are preserved there.
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