MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010

7 June 2010

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NORTHERN RUSSIA, LAST THIRD OF THE 17TH CENTURY

80. THE HOLY MARTYR FLORUS FROM THE DEISIS TIER

NORTHERN RUSSIA, LAST THIRD OF THE 17TH CENTURY

104 by 28 cm.
25,000-45,000 pounds


This extremely rare depiction of the Martyr Florus was once part of the Deisis Tier of an old iconostasis. This image would have been symmetrically opposite that of the Martyr Laurus depicted on the other side of the tier, suggesting that a specific f


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