LOT 260
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Lot 260
A UNIQUE TSAR ALEXANDER III RELATED RUSSIAN ICON, 1888. The offered icon is related to the survival of the Tsars family after the train derailment on which he and his family were passengers, near the Borki station in present day Ukraine on their return trip home to St. Petersburg from a visit to the Crimea. At top center, Christ is depicted watching over the gathering of saints below him. On the right the names saints of the Imperial family are depicted, Alexander Nevsky, Maria Magdalena, Nicholas, George, Xenia, Mikhail and Olga. On the left a gathering of eight additional saints whose feast day is celebrated on October 17th, the same day of the train accident, Sts. Cosmas and Damian, the Prophet Hosea, Andrew of Crete, Longinus, the Prophet Lazarus, and Leontius. The lower margin inscribed, "In Memory of the Miraculous Survival of the Family of Tsar Alexander III on 17 October 1888". 10.75 inches x 9 inches (27 x 23 cm). Together with an original bronze table medal commemorating this event, as issued in 1888.
Estimate:
$2,000 - 2,500
€ 1,540 - 1,925
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