A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT ICON OF THE MANDYLION
Lot 170 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT ICON OF THE MANDYLION

MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1903

Closed7 June 2021

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GBP 47,500

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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT ICON OF THE MANDYLION
MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1903
Finely and realistically painted, the borders and rosettes at corners cloisonné enamelled with varicolour shaded scrolling foliage, marked on lower edge; in the original wooden case, with the original paper label inscribed ‘Bought from / Chlebnikoff, fils & Co / Moscow / 8.21.1903’
6¼ x 5¼ in. (16 x 13.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 2017, lot 290.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.