Festival (Feast day) icon / Calendar icon, Russia, 19th century

Main icon, image field made from a wooden board, two backside sponki and two side sponki, levkas, egg tempera on chalk ground with widespread silver plating, handwritten Cyrillic information on the back, in the middle: Anastasis - Christ's descent into hell and resurrection, surrounding picture fields - depiction of the Dodekaorton (12 main feast days of the Orthodox Church) - Birth of Mary, Mary's Temple Entrance / Initiation, Annunciation, Birth of Christ, Christ's Baptism in the Jordan, Transfiguration of Christ, Koimesis - Dormition of the Mother of God, Crucifixion of Christ, Old Testament Trinity, Ascension of Mary, Entry into Jerusalem, Jesus Christ in the Temple, age-appropriate condition, partly heavily rubbed, 34.5 x 29 cm (HxW) German Description Feast day icon / calendar icon, Russia, 19th century Main icon, made from a wooden board, two sponki on the back and two sponki on the front, levkas, egg tempera on chalk ground with extensive silvering, handwritten Cyrillic inscriptions on the back, center: Anastasis - Christ's descent into hell and resurrection, surrounding pictorial fields - depiction of the Dodecaorton (12 main feast days of the Orthodox Church) - Nativity of Mary, Presentation of Mary in the Temple / Initiation, Annunciation, Birth of Christ, Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, Transfiguration of Christ, Koimesis - Dormition of the Mother of God, Crucifixion of Christ, Old Testament Trinity, Assumption of Mary, Entry into Jerusalem, Jesus Christ in the Temple, age-appropriate condition, heavily rubbed in places, 34.5x29cm (HxW)