SPRING EXCEPTIONAL FINE & DECORATIVE ART AUCT...
May 18, 2019
Lot 170
Estimate: $40,000 - $50,000
A FABERGE SILVER AND SHADED CLOISONNE ENAMEL ICON OF SAINT NINO, WORKMASTER FEODOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
depicting Saint Nino holding a cross, her other hand the Bible, egg tempera and gesso on wood panel, overlaid with oklad, applied overall with stylized flowerheads and foliage against a shaded moss green ground, the halo with conforming decoration against a deep blue ground, marked with 88 standard and Faberge mark with Imperial warrant; dimensions of icon: 10.5 x 7.8 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)