A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD WITH A SILVER OKLAD Fabergé It is his most famous

It is his most famous  and the most famous of all Russian icons

75 inches x 12

an icon depicting Christ at the House of the Tax Collector signed upper left

Alexander Nevsky

The opportunity to strike coins there returned during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527 to 565)

A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD WITH A SILVER OKLAD Fabergé It is his most famousA SMALL ICON SHOWING THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD WITH A SILVER OKLAD Russian, early 19th century (icon), Russian, Saratov, 1834 (oklad) Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed in great detail with golden haloes on a gold ground. Two selected saints on the borders: St. John the Forerunner and St. Alexander Nevsky. Overlaid with a chased and embossed silver oklad. Marked with city hallmark, assayer's mark, 84 standard and master's mark 'JC'. 15. 8