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RUSSIAN ICON WITH UNUSUAL SILVER OKLAD SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD SMOLENSKAYA, THE DEESIS, ST. NICHOLAS AND OTHER SAINTS

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Kostroma, 1801

assay master’s mark: ‘D.Z’ in Cyrillic letters, probably Dmitri Zavadov (1792-1824)

master’s mark: ‘P.S’ in Cyrillic letters

35.7 x 31.3 cm, weight oklad: 270g

It is noteworthy that edge saints on the Oklad are made entirely of silver. The saints in the bottom row are: St. Gennady, St. Theodore, St. James the Apostle, St. John the Warrior, St. Mary of Egypt.