AN IMPRESSIVE JEWELLED AND SEED-PEARL, CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
BY GRACHEV, MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'AP', ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular, realistically painted as Christ Pantocrator, with seed-pearl garments, the halo decorated with an Imperial crown set with rose-cut diamonds and cloisonné enamelled with scrolling foliage in shades of blue and green on a gilt-strippled ground, all on a stylised enamelled chequered pattern, the borders enamelled with scrolling foliage, with champlevé enamelled gospels, with velvet backing, marked on lower edge with 'Grachev' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and maker's initials; in a glazed wooden kyot
13 3⁄8 x 11 5⁄8 in. (34 x 29.5 cm.)
AN IMPRESSIVE JEWELLED AND SEED-PEARL, CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
BY GRACHEV, MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'AP', ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular, realistically painted as Christ Pantocrator, with seed-pearl garments, the halo decorated with an Imperial crown set with rose-cut diamonds and cloisonné enamelled with scrolling foliage in shades of blue and green on a gilt-strippled ground, all on a stylised enamelled chequered pattern, the borders enamelled with scrolling foliage, with champlevé enamelled gospels, with velvet backing, marked on lower edge with 'Grachev' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and maker's initials; in a glazed wooden kyot
13 3⁄8 x 11 5⁄8 in. (34 x 29.5 cm.)
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