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Old Antique Russian Icon Alt Antike Russische Ikone Icone Icona Ikona Rare Cross For Sale
tete1959 Store
russianlocator.com
Are pleased to announce the re launching of the web site for antique icons & present the following Russian Icon for sale.
Crucifixion Cross
14 inch x 7 inch x 5/8ths (35.5cm x 18cm x 1.8cm )
Dating c1800
Tempera over silver with traces of gold highlights
In totally original condition with no restorations of any kind.
Most later crosses from the late 19thC conform to the bronze equivalents & show angels in the upper region & the walls of Jerusalem either side of the foot-brace. These are absent on this early cross as are the angels on the 18thC cross on my web site.
Opportunities to acquire a cross such as this in original condition are very few & far between.
You can of course pay 1000-2500 euro (1300+ USD) & buy a later example that may have been restored, but personally I feel a cross should exhibit signs that it is indeed over 200 years old.
As an introduction to my web site I am listing other icons on US, UK, German & Italian .
Many more icons on www.russianlocator.com
With over 20 years experience in handling, & supplying icons to many major galleries throughout the world
you can be sure that the description given is as accurate as possible of an authentic icon & fully guaranteed as such.
I have noticed many fakes appearing not only on but even in sale houses & being passed as genuine antique icons. In particular silver icons with the date 1890 & makers mark AC. 99% of these are fake.
The other icons to watch out for are 'baked' to create false crquelure 'cracking' of the paints surface. The effect is a very uniform & regular pattern not obtained on a genuine aged icon. New paintings on old boards are also very much in existance. I will be happy to give an opinion on any icon.
Description
At the top is the Lord God Sabaoth . In the corners are the sun and the moon.
The crucified Christ occupies the centre. .
Below the Cross the rocky hill of Golgotha with a cave in which we see the skull of Adam.
The icon's composition is both a description of the historical event and a cosmological symbol depicting higher, lower and intermediary worlds. The slanted bottom bar is the foot-brace. In prayers for the Ninth Hour, the Orthodox Church likens the Cross to a type of balance of righteousness: "Between two thieves Thy Cross did prove to be a balance of righteousness: wherefore one of them was dragged down to Hades by the weight of his blasphemy [the balance points downward], whereas the other was lightened of his transgressions unto the comprehension of theology [the balance points upward]. O Christ God, glory to Thee."
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Old Antique Russian Icon Alt Antike Russische Ikone Icone Icona Ikona Rare Cross: $455
