005Icon: Saint John the Forerunner |
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Number: | 005 | Period: | 1878 |
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Name: | Icon: Saint John the Forerunner | Size: | 9 x 8 cm |
Origin: | Russia | Price: | |
The small icon is overlaid with a chased and engraved silver oklad, dated 1878, marked with city hallmark od St Petersburg, assayer’s mark, 84 standard and Master’s mark P.I, in Cyrillic. Saint John shows us a scroll, with a variant of the text: POKAITESYA, PRIBLIZHIBOSYA TSARSTVIE NEBESNOE “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is come near.” contact |
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