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An Imperial silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel icon
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An Imperial silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel icon

CYRILLIC MARK FOR IVAN ALEKSEEV, MOSCOW, 1896-1908

细节
An Imperial silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel icon
Cyrillic mark for Ivan Alekseev, Moscow, 1896-1908
Rectangular, naturalistically painted with the Mother of God and Child in the centre flanked by Saint Anthony and Saint Feodosii and Cherubim and Serafim in the upper corners and a pair of Cherubs beneath the throne, the basma and haloes of vari-coloured shaded cloisonné enamel with stylized flowers and rope-work detail marked on each side of the frame, the velvet backing with the Russian inscription 'From Metropolitan/Vladimir/Kiev, 1917.'; together with an icon depicting the Iverskaya Mother of God parcel-gilt oklad, Moscow, 1876, unrecorded maker's mark C.K., marked on halo, in an unglazed wood frame
12¼ in. (31.5 cm.) high (2)
来源
Dowager Maria Feodorovna, a gift from Metropolitan Vladimir in 1917.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna , her daughter.
G. N. Kulikovsky, her son, who sold it in 1984 (as confirmed by his barrister J. K. Kerr QC in a letter dated Sept. 16, 1997, sold with this lot).
Aquired from the previous owner.
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
拍场告示
Please note the second, parcel-gilt icon in this lot depicts Iverskaya Mother of God and not as stated in the catalogue.

拍品专文

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960) was the sister of the Emperor Nicholas II. She married first, Peter Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Oldenburg whom she divorced and later married Nicholas A. Kulikovsky in 1916. After the Revolution she moved to Canada where she died in 1960.

Metropolitan Vladimir (1848-1918) was born Basil Nikiforovich Bogoiavlenskii and studied at the Kiev Theological Academy before becoming a priest in 1882. He served in Novgorod, Samara, Stavropol and Georgia as Archbishop and was appointed Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna in 1898. In 1912 Metropolitan Vladimir took over the administration of the diocese of St. Petersburg, and was later transfered to Kiev where he remained until his death.