Antique Orthodox Icon Of The Kazan Mother Of God – Engraved Silver Riza – Russia, 19th Century

Antique Orthodox Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan – Engraved Silver Riza – Russia, 19th Century

Russian Orthodox icon depicting the Virgin of Kazan (Kazanskaya), one of the most venerated representations of the Mother of God in Russia.

Description:

It is framed in a carved wooden vitrine box (without glass), typical of icons for travel or domestic veneration.
The icon is covered with a finely engraved and cut silver metal riza (or oklad), revealing the faces, hands and feet of the Virgin and the Christ Child, painted on a panel.
The floral details engraved in the halo and the vestments add a remarkable decorative richness.
Frame: black and gilt carved wooden vitrine, with metal latch

Dimensions:
Box frame: 21 × 18 cm
Visible icon (panel): approx. 13.5 × 10.5 cm

Condition:

good general condition, traces of use visible on the frame, partial oxidation of the riza consistent with the agethe original glass is missing, which does not alter the religious or decorative value of the wholethe latch is partially broken

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