Icon - Anastasis, Feast day icon - Wood

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Justus Heutink
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Holds broad knowledge of religious icons with six years of collecting experience.

Estimate  € 250 - € 300
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€32
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€29
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€22

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Description from the seller

Icon of the Polnitsa type or of the "Great Feasts" (Dvemadtsatye Prazdniki).
​Central Panel: Anastasis / Resurrection of Christ and Descent into Hell (Voskreshenie Khristovo).
​Peripheral Panels (Kлейма - Klejma): Scenes from the New Testament / Feasts. At the bottom the Trinity of the Old Testament (Svyataya Troitsa) and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Vozdvizhenie Khrsta Gospodnya) are clearly distinguished.
​Inscriptions: Text in ecclesiastical Slavonic on the lower borders and in the miniatures. On the back there are pencil/ink inscriptions in Cyrillic (ownership or inventory annotations).
​Technique and Materials: Tempera on wooden panel with gold background/metal leaf. Panel with rear crossbars (Sponki) mortised in.
​Estimated era: 19th Century (circa 1850–1900), Russian Empire.
Main photo: The full icon on the front, well illuminated (avoid excessive reflections).
​Complete back: The photo showing the wooden panel and the crossbars (sponki).
​Back details: A close-up clearly legible of the Cyrillic writings/signatures on the back (as in the third photo).
​Scene details: Close-ups of the miniatures and the center (as in the second photo).
​Conditions and defects: Clearly shows the vertical crack, color losses on the upper/gilded edge and the woodworm holes (already present on the back) for maximum transparency.

Icon of the Polnitsa type or of the "Great Feasts" (Dvemadtsatye Prazdniki).
​Central Panel: Anastasis / Resurrection of Christ and Descent into Hell (Voskreshenie Khristovo).
​Peripheral Panels (Kлейма - Klejma): Scenes from the New Testament / Feasts. At the bottom the Trinity of the Old Testament (Svyataya Troitsa) and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Vozdvizhenie Khrsta Gospodnya) are clearly distinguished.
​Inscriptions: Text in ecclesiastical Slavonic on the lower borders and in the miniatures. On the back there are pencil/ink inscriptions in Cyrillic (ownership or inventory annotations).
​Technique and Materials: Tempera on wooden panel with gold background/metal leaf. Panel with rear crossbars (Sponki) mortised in.
​Estimated era: 19th Century (circa 1850–1900), Russian Empire.
Main photo: The full icon on the front, well illuminated (avoid excessive reflections).
​Complete back: The photo showing the wooden panel and the crossbars (sponki).
​Back details: A close-up clearly legible of the Cyrillic writings/signatures on the back (as in the third photo).
​Scene details: Close-ups of the miniatures and the center (as in the second photo).
​Conditions and defects: Clearly shows the vertical crack, color losses on the upper/gilded edge and the woodworm holes (already present on the back) for maximum transparency.

Details

Era
1400-1900
Iconography
Anastasis, Feast day icon
Specific region of origin
Omsk
Material
Wood
Country of origin
Russia
Height
35 cm
Width
31 cm
Depth
3 cm
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Style
Antique inspired
Estimated period
1850-1900
BulgariaVerified
2
Objects sold
Private

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