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RUSSIAN ICON
LOT DETAILS
A large carved icon painted with oil and gold leaf on three walnut panels circa 1990-1991, the image depicting St. Demetrius who drove the Turks from Bulgaria, outer dimensions 86.4 x 58.4cm (34 x 23in) - label verso from Krasimir Kristeff, Assistant Director of the National Archeological Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria; some loss to panel upper right