Antique Greek Orthodox Gilded Hand-painted Egg Tempera Double Sided Icon, 1850 Decorative Arts the doors slide on tracks

the doors slide on tracks and run smooth

in front of which St

the chair raised on bun feet

the heavens above them with God & Jesus looking down

possibly at some time the base was drilled and historically & professionally restored

Antique Greek Orthodox Gilded Hand-painted Egg Tempera Double Sided Icon, 1850 Decorative Arts the doors slide on trackssold Antique 19th Century Greek Gilded Hand painted Egg Tempera, Double Sided Icon, with Cyrillic Text, circa 1850. This extraordinary double sided icon honors four Saints of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Painted with traditional egg tempera with gilding on a wood panel, and encased in a wooden frame. The icon depicts a pair of saints to both sides, to the front is: Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki on the left and Saint Tryphon of Campsada to the