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"Father Joseph is sending you a THOUSAND THANK YOUS for the beautiful Icon. He is thrilled to no ends. It is parked on his Dining Table where he is keeping an eye on it and continues to find marvelous art work in it. I, also think it is a beautiful piece of art and what it stands for. Thank you for helping Father Joseph to be able to acquire such a beautiful piece of art."
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Russian Orthodox Server's Vestment used at the coronation of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
Manufactured by: A & V Sapozhnikovy
1896, Moscow
Gilt silver thread brocade

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Outstanding Russian Orthodox silver Tabernacle.
Age: ca. 1862
Material: gilt silver
Hallmarks: All matched hallmarks for Assayer A*C for A. Svechin dated 1862, 84-zolotniks silver content mark, Moscow town mark and maker's mark CД for Semen Dementyev.
40 cm tall with base of 10 cm x 7.5 cm (16 in tall with base of 4 1/4 in x 3 in)

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Russian Orthodox brass altar crusifix decorated with multi-color enamel insets.
Age: second half of the 19th century.
Material: brass with polychrome enamel
Hallmarks: unmarked.
24 cm x 36.5 cm (9 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in)
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Small Russian Brass plaquette icon depicting Jesus' Descent to Hell
Age: 19th century
Moscow region
Material: brass
5.5 cm x 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in x 2 in)

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Small Russian Brass plaquette Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and blue enamel
5 cm x 6.5 cm (2 in x 2 1/2 in)

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Small Russian Brass plaquette Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and 3-color enamel
5 cm x 6.5 cm (2 in x 2 1/2 in)

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Medium Russian Brass plaquette Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Age: 18th century
Provincial
Material: brass
5 cm x 6.5 cm (2 in x 2 1/2 in)

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Medium Russian Brass plaquette Three Handed Madonna.
Depicts icon of three-handed Mother of God with a border with vignettes of the Deisis, 4 Apostols, Archangels and Saints.
Age: 19th century
Rare subject
Provincial
Material: brass
12 cm x 14 cm (4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in)
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Medium Russian Brass plaquette - Icon of Angel of the Holy Silence.
Depicts Christ as the Angel f Holy Silence with a border with vignettes of the Deisis, 4 Apostols, Archangels and Saints.
Age: 19th century
Rare subject
Moscow
Material: brass
12.5 cm x 15 cm (5 in x 6 in)
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Russian Old Believer's Medium Brass Crucifix Kiot Cross with Mourners.
Russian eight-ended cross with rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion.
Age: 19th century
Provincial
Material: brass and 2-color enamel
10.5 cm x 16.5 cm (4 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in)
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Russian Old Believer's Medium Brass Crucifix Kiot Cross with Mourners.
Russian eight-ended cross with rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion.
Age: 19th century
Provincial
Material: brass and 1-color enamel
11 cm x 17.5 cm (4 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in)

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Russian Old Believer's Medium Brass Crucifix Kiot Cross with Mourners.
Russian eight-ended cross with rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and 4-color enamel
11 cm x 17 cm (4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in)

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Russian Old Believer's Medium Brass Crucifix Kiot Cross with Mourners.
Russian eight-ended cross with rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and blue enamel
10.5 cm x 16.5 cm (4 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in)

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Russian Old Believer's Large Brass Crucifix Kiot Cross with Mourners.
Russian eight-ended cross with rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and blue enamel
15 cm x 23 cm (6 in x 9 in)

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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels God the Father in Heavens.
Age: 19th century
Provincial
Material: brass
7 cm x 11.5 cm (2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in)
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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two cherubs, two angels God the Father in Heavens.
Age: 189th century
Guslitsy village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
7 cm x 11.5 cm (2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in)
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Small Russian Old Believer's Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 18th century
Provincial
Material: brass
9 cm x 16 cm (2 3/4 in x 5 in)

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Small Russian Old Believer's Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 18th century
Moscow
Material: brass and 1-color enamel
8.5 cm x 15 cm (2 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in)

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Small Russian Old Believer's Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 18th century
Provincial
Material: brass
6.5 cm x 11 cm (2 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in)

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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two Seraphims, two angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Provincial
Material: brass and 2-color enamel
11.5 cm x 19.5 cm (4 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in)
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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 18th century
Moscow region
Material: brass and one-color enamel
10 cm x 20 cm (4 in x 7 3/4 in)

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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross Two Cherubs.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two Seraphims, two angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
9 cm x 15 cm (2 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in)

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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross with Two Cherubs.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two Seraphims, two angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
7 cm x 12 cm (2 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in)

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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross with Two Cherubs..
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two Seraphims, two angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
9 cm x 15.5 cm (3 1/2 in x 6 in)
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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross Two Cherubs.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two Seraphims, two angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass with 2-color enamel
10 cm x 16 cm (4 in x 6 1/4 in)

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Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross with the Mourners and Cherubs.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion with two two rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion; surmounted by four Seraphims, two angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
14 cm x 22.5 cm (5 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in)

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Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross with the Mourners, Cherubs and Selected Feasts.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion with two rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion; surmounted by four Seraphims over five scenes (clockwise left to right: The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, The Resurrection, The Ascension, The Old Testament Trinity), two Angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass and two-color enamel
14 cm x 22.5 cm (5 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in)

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Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross with the Mourners, Cherubs and Selected Feasts.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with rectangular panels (Crucifixion with the Mourners). On the left plate; mourning-Virgin Mary and St. Martha; on the right plate: St. John the Theologian and St. Martyr Longinus the Centurion; surmounted by four Seraphims over five scenes (clockwise left to right: The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, The Resurrection, The Ascension, The Old Testament Trinity), two Angels and Christ in Heaven.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass and one-color enamel
11.5 cm x 25.5 cm (4 1/2 in x 10 in)
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Medium Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and God the Father.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and two-color enamel
13.5 cm x 27 cm (5 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in)
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Medium Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and God the Father.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and one-color enamel
14 cm x 27 cm (5 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in)
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Small Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and two-color enamel
10 cm x 18 cm (4 in x 7 in)
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Small Russian Old Believer's Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and two-color enamel
10.5 cm x 19 cm (4 in x 7 1/2 in)
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Medium Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and two-color enamel
13 cm x 26.5 cm (5 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in)

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Large Russian Orthodox Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian Orthodox eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass and two-color enamel
17.5 cm x 35 cm (6 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in)
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Large Russian Old Beleiver's Brass Crucifixion Cross.
Russian eight-ended cross with a scene of the Crucifixion surmounted by two angels and Not-Made-by-Hands icon.
Age: 19th century
Moscow
Material: brass
20 cm x 38 cm (7 3/4 in x 15 in)
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Russian Old Believer's Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon Depicting Joy of All Who Sorrow Madonna.
Depicting Joy of All Who Sorrow Madonna in the central panel surmounted by two Seraphims and a Holy napkin and four scenes on side panels: (left) The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, (right) Descent into Hades, and The Ascension.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
9 cm x 10 cm (4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in)

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Russian Old Believer's Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon Depicting St. Nicholas of Myra.
Depicting St. Nicholas of Myra in the central panel surmounted by two Seraphims and a Holy napkin and the Old Testament Hospitality of Abraham and four Feast scenes on side panels: (left) The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, (right) Descent into Hades, and The Ascension.
Age: 18th century
Guslitsi village, Moscow Region
Material: brass
9 cm x 10.5 cm (4 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in)
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Russian Old Believer's Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon Depicting Madonna of Tikhvin.
Depicting Madonna of Tikhvin in the central panel surmounted by a Holy napkin and four scenes on side panels depicting selected saints.
Age: 18th century
Northern / Novgorod school
Material: brass
6.5 cm x 9.5 cm (2 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in)
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Russian Old Believer's Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon Depicting St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk.
Depicting St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk in the central panel surmounted by a Holy napkin and four scenes on side panels depicting selected saints.
Age: 18th century
Northern / Novgorod school
Material: brass
6.5 cm x 10 cm (2 1/2 in x 4 in)
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Russian Orthodox Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon depicting Madonna of Tikhvin.
Depicting Madonna of Tikhvin in the central panel surmounted by God the Father in Heavens and four scenes on side panels: (left) The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, (right) Descent into Hades, and The Ascension.
Age: 19th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass and blue enamel
10 cm x 14.5 cm (4 in x 5 3/4 in)
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Russian Orthodox Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon Depicting Joy of All Who Sorrow Madonna.
Depicting Joy of All Who Sorrow Madonna on the central panel surmounted by God the Father in Heavens and four scenes on side panels: (left) The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, (right) Descent into Hades, and The Ascension.
Age: 19th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass
10 cm x 14 cm (4 in x 5 1/4 in)
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Russian Orthodox Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon depicting St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk.
Depicting St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk in the central panel surmounted by God the Father in Heavens and four scenes on side panels: (left) The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, (right) Descent into Hades, and The Ascension.
Age: 19th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass and blue enamel
10 cm x 14.5 cm (4 in x 5 3/4 in)
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Russian Orthodox Small 3-Panel Folding Travel Skladen Icon depicting Madonna of Kazan.
Depicting Madonna of Kazan in the central panel surmounted by two Seraphims and a Holy napkin and four scenes on side panels: (left) The Presentation of our Lord, Entry into Jerusalem, (right) Descent into Hades, and The Ascension.
Age: 18th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass, 2-color enamel
10.5 cm x 15 cm (4 1/3 in x 6 in)
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Russian 3-Panel Folding Skladen Travel Icon.
depicting scences of Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Descent to Hell and the Baptism of Christ, when folded revealing Instruments of the Passion on Golgotha.
Age: 19th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass and blue enamel
17.5 cm x 6.5 cm (7 in x 2 1/2 in)
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Russian 4-Panel Folding Skladen Travel Icon of “The Twelve Principal Feasts.”
Four-folding panels of Icon “The Twelve Principal Feasts.” Left fold depicts The Annunciation, The Nativity, The Nativity of The Virgin, The presentation of the Virgin to the Temple. On the top The Crucifixion surrounded by St. Martha, Mother of God, Saints John and Longin Centurion. On the right fold The Presentation of Christ to the Temple; Baptism; Transfiguration; Entrance to Jerusalem. On the top New Testament Trinity God Father and The Son sitting on the throne, and the sphere with cross between them, above The Holy Spirit in the image of a dove with symbols of the evangelists below. The third fold depicts: The Resurrection and The Descent into Hell, The ascension , The Old Testament Trinit , The Dormition Mother of God of Tichvin with selected Saints; Mother of God of Vladimir with selected Saints; Mother of God of Smolensk with selected Saints; Mother of God of Sign with Selected Saints with Praise of Mother of God - on the top, when folded revealing Instruments of the Passion on Golgotha.
Age: 19th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass and blue enamel
16 cm x 37 cm (6 1/4 in x 14 1/2 in)
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Russian 4-Panel Folding Skladen Travel Icon of “The Twelve Principal Feasts.”
Four-folding panels of Icon “The Twelve Principal Feasts.” Left fold depicts The Annunciation, The Nativity, The Nativity of The Virgin, The presentation of the Virgin to the Temple. On the top The Crucifixion surrounded by St. Martha, Mother of God, Saints John and Longin Centurion. On the right fold The Presentation of Christ to the Temple; Baptism; Transfiguration; Entrance to Jerusalem. On the top New Testament Trinity God Father and The Son sitting on the throne, and the sphere with cross between them, above The Holy Spirit in the image of a dove with symbols of the evangelists below. The third fold depicts: The Resurrection and The Descent into Hell, The ascension , The Old Testament Trinit , The Dormition Mother of God of Tichvin with selected Saints; Mother of God of Vladimir with selected Saints; Mother of God of Smolensk with selected Saints; Mother of God of Sign with Selected Saints with Praise of Mother of God - on the top, when folded revealing Instruments of the Passion on Golgotha.
Age: 19th century
Moscow Region
Material: brass and polychrome enamel
17.5 cm x 40.5 cm (7 in x 16 in)

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Carpathian travel altar containing carved scenes
Depicting the Resurrection on one side and a church on the opposite side
Age: ca. late 19th century
Material: wood carved vignettes inside of a cloth clovered metal case with metal crosses on the cover.
7 cm x 9.5 cm (2 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in) high
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Russian Orthodox Church Priest Sermon's Holy Bible
Large format. Complete with all four Gospels
Text in old Slavonic illustrated with engraved plates in the beginning of each Gospel
Age: Late 19th century
Material: cover: leather with silver plated brass inserts
30.5 cm x 44.5 cm x 12.5 cm (12 in x 17 /12 in x 5 in)
Condition: later rebound with new leather, one fastener is missing, minor repairs to pages, overall very good condition.
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The Epitaphios - Chapel-size Russian Orthodox Plaschanitsa Cloth icon.
heavy velvet cloth decorated with and silver thread with central figure painted on canvas.
The Epitaphios (Greek: Επιτάφιος, Russian: Плащаница, plashchanitsa) is an icon, most often found as a large cloth, embroidered and often richly adorned, which is used during the services of Great Friday and Holy Saturday. The icon depicts Christ after he has been removed from the cross, lying supine, as his body is being prepared for burial. The scene is taken from the Gospel of St. John 19:38-42. Shown around him, and mourning his death, are his mother; John the beloved disciple; Joseph of Arimathea; and Mary Magdalene, as well as angels.
Very good original condition, minor losses throughout
Moscow, 2nd half of the 19th century
27 1/2 in x 39 in (70 cm x 99 cm)
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