A RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT NICHOLAS THE WONDERWORKER WITH AN ELABORATE SILVER OKLAD EXECUTED ENTIRELY IN FILIGREE AND GILT SILVER HALO AND APPLICATIONS CIRCA 1800 CENTRAL RUSSIA
Egg tempera, gesso on wood panel; the oklad made entirely of filigree with eight evenly spaced circular gilt silver filigreed applications; the halo also filigreed gilt silver marked 84 standard; measuring 31.3 x 26.5 cm (12 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)