Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Sold The vessel with a deep

The vessel with a deep blue glaze and having a band of incised Islamic calligraphy to the top

The table having very finely carved masks of bats (symbolizing good luck) on the knees of the cabriole legs

Many paintings by him appear in museums & galleries in Denmark

the writer of one of literatures most important works

New York and began painting at an early age

Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Sold The vessel with a deepA good and large, late 18th century, Greek, Eastern Orthodox hand painted & gilded icon of three saints, circa 1780. This traditional Greek Orthodox icon is painted in the Byzantine style, using egg tempera paint on a poplar wood panel. The icon depicts three saints: Saint Charalambos, a bishop and patron saint of healing. Saint Simeon the Stylite to the center, who spent 37 years living atop a column or stylos, he is seen emerging from his pillar.