Four Eastern Orthodox Icons, Including Painted Wood and
Four Eastern Orthodox Icons, Including Painted Wood and Porcelain. Comprising a painted wood example depicting a Saint holding a book, on a gilt ground with foliate border and Cyrillic writing throughout, the year 1897 to the bottom; painting on wood depicting a Saint praying in the woods at night; small arch form porcelain example depicting the Virgin Mother holding Child Christ on a maroon ground; and a modern diptych example with the Virgin Mother and Child Christ to one side, Christ holding a book to the other side. {Approximate dimensions: Saint holding book 8 7/8 wide x 10 1/2 inches high, Saint praying 5 3/8 high x 4 1/2 inches wide, porcelain example 2 3/8 high x 1 3/4 inches wide, with frame 10 wide x 11 inches high, modern example opened 10 1/4 wide x 7 3/8 inches high.}. Condition: Some paint loss and gilt rubbing to the painted wood examples.
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Four Eastern Orthodox Icons, Including Painted Wood and Porcelain. Comprising a painted wood example depicting a Saint holding a book, on a gilt ground with foliate border and Cyrillic writing throughout, the year 1897 to the bottom; painting on wood depicting a Saint praying in the woods at night; small arch form porcelain example depicting the Virgin Mother holding Child Christ on a maroon ground; and a modern diptych example with the Virgin Mother and Child Christ to one side, Christ holding a book to the other side. {Approximate dimensions: Saint holding book 8 7/8 wide x 10 1/2 inches high, Saint praying 5 3/8 high x 4 1/2 inches wide, porcelain example 2 3/8 high x 1 3/4 inches wide, with frame 10 wide x 11 inches high, modern example opened 10 1/4 wide x 7 3/8 inches high.}. Condition: Some paint loss and gilt rubbing to the painted wood examples.
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