LOT 27
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Lot 27
A RARE RUSSIAN ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD MORE HONORABLE THAN CHERUBIM AND MORE GLORIOUS THAN SERAPHIM, 16TH CENTURY. At center, atop a red cross, the Mother of God within an eight-pointed star imposed on a celestial sphere, holding the infant Christ. The upper section divided into eight equal sections each painted in grisaille with depictions of the various ranks of angels as identified by corresponding border inscriptions. On the left border from top to bottom is inscribed the Titles, Powers, Principalities, and Dominions, and on the right Cherubim, Authorities, and Thrones. The lower margin painted with a band of Archangels and Angels of the Lord as identified by inscriptions. This is one of the iconographic images based on the liturgical Marian hymn “It is Right” (Достойно есть). "It is truly right to bless you, Birth giver of God, The ever-blessed, the all-pure, and Mother of our God, More honorable than Cherubim and incomparably more glorious than Seraphim...." The upper margin inscribed in highly stylized gilt Slavonic letters identifying the image as, “Честнейшую херувим и славнейшую воистину серафим” (MORE HONORABLE THAN CHERUBIM AND TRULY MORE GLORIOUS THAN SERAPHIM). 10.75 inches x 8.75 inches (27.5 x 22.5 cm).
Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000
€ 2,100 - 3,500
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