one scene shows a bird with an Ikebana (the Japanese art of arranging leaves & flowers in vessels)
which is most often associated with painting and it tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real
The doors are flanked by substantial 'Barley Twist" columns and the cabinet is raised on turned bun feet with the original brass castors
condition is very good and ready to hang
and in assembly for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Sold one scene shows a birdA 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.