Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A CARVED IVORY AND BONE ICON OF ST PAUL AND ST PETER
Lot 487

A CARVED IVORY AND BONE ICON OF ST PAUL AND ST PETER

RUSSIAN, PROBABLY KHOLMOGORY, ARCHANGELSK REGION, CIRCA 1800

Closed16 December 2010

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EUR 5,625

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A CARVED IVORY AND BONE ICON OF ST PAUL AND ST PETER
RUSSIAN, PROBABLY KHOLMOGORY, ARCHANGELSK REGION, CIRCA 1800
The saints standing below the holy spirit against a foiled gold ground within a pierced border with beaded edges
29 cm. high x 22.5 cm. wide

Specialist note

A comparable, but larger icon depicting the ressurection, was sold with Christies Rockefeller centre, 23 april 2010, sale 2308, lot 154 ($47,500).