Ancient silver icon "Our Lady of Smolensk"
Ancient Russian icon dating back to the XIX century. This icon, called "Our Lady of Smolensk" takes its name from the city where Prince Vladimir brought it in the XII century. This icon is part of the Odighitria icon category. In fact Our Lady of Smolensk is usually represented with her hand poiting towards her son, as if she was showing the way to follow, the way that leads to God. The peculiarity of this icon is the presence of a delicate silver filigree and details pianted with coloured ename...
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Ancient Russian icon dating back to the XIX century. This icon, called "Our Lady of Smolensk" takes its name from the city where Prince Vladimir brought it in the XII century. This icon is part of the Odighitria icon category. In fact Our Lady of Smolensk is usually represented with her hand poiting towards her son, as if she was showing the way to follow, the way that leads to God. The peculiarity of this icon is the presence of a delicate silver filigree and details pianted with coloured enamels that makes the icon very bright. This ancient icon has been purchased at Christie's in London. The frame of the icon is in golden wood. The icon comes complete with certificate of authenticity draft by the Russian Ministry of Culture as well as associated export document.
