Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Sold the son of a distinguished

the son of a distinguished Virginia family

The table is of traditional pegged & joined construction and is raised on four turned legs joined by an 'X' frame stretcher with a carved acorn shaped finial to the center

one scene shows a bird with an Ikebana (the Japanese art of arranging leaves & flowers in vessels)

she has wildflowers nestled in her hands and she is wearing blue ribbons in her hair

Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Sold the son of a distinguishedA 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.