ICON DEPICTING THE PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD (POKROV), Russia, 17th century

h cm 23 x l cm 19,5

Painted in polychrome and gold, depicting the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God (Pokrov Bogorodicy). Set within a carved and gilded wooden frame of a later period, adorned with a continuous frieze of floral motifs in relief, with rosettes at the corners and inscriptions in Cyrillic script on the upper band.