LOT 872
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Lot 872
A GROUP OF THREE RUSSIAN ICONS, CIRCA 1850. Comprising St. Nicholas, the Mother of God, Melter of Evil Hearts, and the Helper in Childbirth Mother of God. 11 inches x 8.5 inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm) (first two) and 10 inches x 8.25 inches (25.4 x 21 cm).
Estimate:
$300 - 500
The cinnabar red borders of this icon are the key to identifying this group of icons as having been painted by the traveling Serbian icon painters who, at the end of the 18th century were expelled from their country due to cultural intolerance and migrated to Russia where they became itinerant icon painters.
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