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Unknown — A silver-gilt, filigree and cloisonné enamel icon of Christ Pantocrator, Semyon Galkin, St Petersburg, 1899-1908
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A silver-gilt, filigree and cloisonné enamel icon of Christ Pantocrator, Semyon Galkin, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

An ornate icon of Christ Pantocrator created by master craftsman Semyon Galkin in St Petersburg, featuring silver-gilt, filigree, and cloisonné enamel techniques in traditional colors. The icon comes in a fitted wood case lined with velvet and silk.

Medium
The robes finely worked in filigree, the halo, plaques and gospels cloisonné and champlevé enamelled in traditional shades of blue, red and green, struck on front and the lower edge of oklad with initials SG in Cyrillic, 84 standard, in fitted velvet and silk lined wood case

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Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons

June 2, 2021

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 220

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Unknown, A silver-gilt, filigree and cloisonné enamel icon of Christ Pantocrator, Semyon Galkin, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

An ornate icon of Christ Pantocrator created by master craftsman Semyon Galkin in St Petersburg, featuring silver-gilt, filigree, and cloisonné enamel techniques in traditional colors. The icon comes in a fitted wood case lined with velvet and silk.

Medium
The robes finely worked in filigree, the halo, plaques and gospels cloisonné and champlevé enamelled in traditional shades of blue, red and green, struck on front and the lower edge of oklad with initials SG in Cyrillic, 84 standard, in fitted velvet and silk lined wood case
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Religious Art, St Petersburg, Semyon Galkin, 19th Century, Cloisonné Enamel, Silver Gilt, Christ Pantocrator, Icon, Filigree

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art