Ancient icon with Russian riza Pantocrator silver enamel 19th century 27x22.5 cm
Ancient icon with Russian riza Pantocrator silver enamel 19th century 27x22.5 cm. The Russian icon depicts Jesus full-length frontal in a blessing position. With his left hand he holds the universe and with his right hand he blesses the faithful according to the Byzantine rite.In the halo, there are the Greek letters meaning ''He who is''. The face is intensely expressive and recalls the concept of God made Man, taken up by all the paintings depicting Christ Pantocrator. The lips are pursed as a...
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Ancient icon with Russian riza Pantocrator silver enamel 19th century 27x22.5 cm. The Russian icon depicts Jesus full-length frontal in a blessing position. With his left hand he holds the universe and with his right hand he blesses the faithful according to the Byzantine rite.In the halo, there are the Greek letters meaning ''He who is''. The face is intensely expressive and recalls the concept of God made Man, taken up by all the paintings depicting Christ Pantocrator. The lips are pursed as a sign of wisdom and the ears are deformed as a sign of listening.In this version the representation of the Universe is preferred in others with the open gospel. The orthodox icon was created with egg tempera on lime wood. It is decorated with a precious silver riza. It measures 27x22.5 cm and is shipped together with an elegant box with an appraisal carried out by an expert. It comes from Moscow.
