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A Fabergé silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya, Moscow, 1908-1917 — A Fabergé silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya, Moscow, 1908-1917

A Fabergé silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya, Moscow, 1908-1917

A Fabergé silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya, Moscow, 1908-1917

A silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya created by Fabergé in Moscow, combining Byzantine painting with Art Nouveau metalwork. The piece features repoussé and chased naturalistic motifs with Byzantine iconographic imagery.

Medium
the silver-gilt oklad repoussé and chased with naturalistic Art Nouveau motifs, the Madonna and child painted in the Byzantine style, velvet reverse, struck to lower edge of frame with maker's mark and the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard

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Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons

November 30, 2021

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 634

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A Fabergé silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya, Moscow, 1908-1917, A Fabergé silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya, Moscow, 1908-1917

A silver-gilt icon of Our Lady Kasperovskaya created by Fabergé in Moscow, combining Byzantine painting with Art Nouveau metalwork. The piece features repoussé and chased naturalistic motifs with Byzantine iconographic imagery.

Medium
the silver-gilt oklad repoussé and chased with naturalistic Art Nouveau motifs, the Madonna and child painted in the Byzantine style, velvet reverse, struck to lower edge of frame with maker's mark and the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Religious Art, Art Nouveau, 1908-1917, Moscow, Byzantine, Silver Gilt, Fabergé, Icon, Russian, Orthodox