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Rare Russian orthodox icon depicting the portrait of Christ Pantocrator, rice * in silver and cloisonné enamels, adorned with small white pearls and glass cabochons, revealing the face of Christ (oil on panel) period late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries.
This icon is in its own juice. She is of high quality.
A note: many gaps on enamels and pearls, small holes in places in the rice, some accidents and lacks on the painting, missing three glass cabochons angles, accidents and wear of time, look at the photos (see red arrows) .
or metal cover can be carved silver encrusted or enamelled pearls, and are used for icons that have allowed a miracle. There are several kinds of oclades: the "Basma" that covers only the frame of the object. And the "Riza" that covers the bottom of the icon and leaves visible only the body of the characters.
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* Christ in glory is a particular subject of Christian iconography. It is about the eschatological representation of Christ in his body of lighted glory at the end of time after the last judgment. Christ is portrayed face-down, bearded, with long hair, frozen features, surrounded by a nimbus of light, alone or surrounded by different motifs. The Pantocrator Christ , privileged representation of Byzantine art, is a Christ in glory, that is to say the artistic representation of Jesus Christ in his glorious body as opposed to the more human representations of Christ suffering the Passion on the Cross, or that of the Child Jesus.
