A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE IVERSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD WITH GILDED SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL OKLAD AND RIVER PEARLS SERGEI ZHAROV MOSCOW 1899-1908
Egg tempera and gesso on wood panel; the robes of intricately embroidered river pearls, the oklad with cloisonné enamel halos and spandrels with scrolling ornament, the halos with stylistic flower design, the appliqués and name plaque in gilt silver with champlevé enamel, the borders and ground of the oklad chased and repoussé with floriate design, bearing the maker's mark in Cyrillic S.Zh. for Sergei Zharov, 84 standard. 31.5 x 27 cm (12 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.).
PROVENANCE
The verso bears a plaque presenting this icon as a gift inscribed in Cyrillic, A keepsake to the Most Kind Milord Pavel Nikolaevich Kuropatkin from A.V.