Icon - Ten Saints - Wood

A unique, authentic dated vintage Orthodox wooden panel icon from 1971, combining shallow bas-relief wood carving (engraved contouring) and traditional hand-painting with gilded halo highlights.


The icon is systematically divided into six distinct registers/fields:


Top Section: Features Saints Cyril and Methodius holding a scroll displaying the early Glagolitic / Cyrillic alphabet, flanked by holy hierarchs and monks.


Bottom Section: Depicts Saint Evangelists / scribes seated at desks in the process of writing the sacred scriptures.


Key Features:

Authenticity: Signed and dated on the reverse by the artist (A. Savov '71) along with an authentic workshop stamp.


Craftsmanship: Carved on a single solid wooden board (30×28×1.5 cm).


Display: Fitted with a solid metal hanging ring on top for wall placement.
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A remarkably detailed piece of 20th-century Eastern European sacral folk art, ideal for collectors of icons and religious art.