A PAIR OF RUSSIAN WEDDING ICONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY. BRONZE STATUES the gold-plated acacia chest was

the gold-plated acacia chest was carried by its staves while en route by the Levites approximately 2

mostly for utilitarian purposes

Petersburg in 1874

and comes to us as a tiny

a star compared to Christ

A PAIR OF RUSSIAN WEDDING ICONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY. BRONZE STATUES the gold-plated acacia chest wasA PAIR OF RUSSIAN WEDDING ICONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY. Comprising the Smolensk Mother of God and Christ the Lord Almighty. Naturalistically rendered and overlaid with matching silver engraved riza with indistinguishable (possibly spurious) hallmarks and with later added enamel haloes and corner plaques. Each measuring 8. 75 inches x 7 inches (22 x 18 cm). These two items come with two certificates from The Israeli Antiquities Authority.