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Icon and aureoles date from the 17th - 18th century. Frame - late 19th century Icon with depiction of Nikola. In the upper part it is covered with a silver and multicolored enamel setting (oklad). Has three aureoles. The central aureole is decorated with low pearls, two tourmalines and an emerald. In a silver frame with cut vegetal ornamentation placed on mica. Along its corners the frame is joined by four silver rectangular overlaid elements decorated with filigree, blue enamel and five inserts in clusters: in the center, tourmaline and in the corners - turquoise. The back side is covered in pale blue silk damask with a floral pattern (19th century material) and has a silver plaque with inscription about the presentation of the icon to G.M. Kuznetsov by the Moscow Old Believers' Society of the Rogozhsky Cemetery. On the frame there are two hallmarks: "ßÔ ÌÈØÓÊÎÂÚ è í-êè" and a triangle in an oval, as well as a woman's head in profile facing right and 84°. |
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