A fine Italian icon, late 18th/19th century, depicting the Crucifixion of Christ, with Mary Magdalene, John the Evangalist, and the Virgin Mary all with him at the foot of the cross, finely painted and mounted in an architectural ebony frame with silvered and brass mounts, with five miniatures depicting God the Father and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and another with skull and cross bones, 50.5 x 27 cm
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- Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.
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religious objects, Christian
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religious objects, Orthodox