Museum complex

Small Icon of “The Blessing Saviour”

Byzantium
XII сentury
The inscription "IC XC»
Gold, jasper; carving, forging
5,5 х 3,8 cm
Receipt: from the Borovsk Paphnutiev monastery in 1929
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The oval icon with a midriff image of the blessing Christ and the inscription “IC XC”. The golden forged smooth casing completely covers the reverse side and becomes a frame in the front. The outer rim of the frame decorated with a filigree rope.

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