POST-MEDIEVAL EASTERN ORTHODOX BRONZE ICON WITH VIRGIN MARY AND YOUNG JESUS CHRIST
Lovely Eastern Orthodox Balkan icon from the 18th century . Made from bronze with wear commensurate to age. Very pleasing to behold.
This icon would have been made before the liberation of the Balkan Christian nations (Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia) from the Ottoman Empire in a time when Christianity was heavily suppressed in that region and only members of the clergy in some isolated monasteries kept the religion alive
Dimensions:
Size - 4 cm
Weight - 24.05 Grams
Age: 1700-1800 AD
Provenance: London antiques fair 2022