Icon of Christ Pantocrator. Late 19th–early 20th century.
Tempera on wood with a gold background decorated with impressions in levkas. Polychrome frame with spandrels decorated with impressions in levkas.
On the back is a label in Polish: "Jego Ekscelencji / P. Ministrowi SAVA KIROV / błogosławieństwo od / MITROPOLITY DJONIZEGO" (To His Excellency / Mr. Minister SAVA KIROV / blessing from / Metropolitan Dionysius)
22 x 18 cm


Sava Todorov KIROV (1893–1972), Bulgarian diplomat and politician. Ambassador to Warsaw from 1935 to 1936. He settled in Paris in 1947. On September 12, 1949, he was one of the founders of the émigré organization Union of Free Bulgarians. 

Metropolitan Dionysius (Konstantin Nikolayevich Valedinsky, 1876–1960). Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland from February 27, 1923, to April 17, 1948.
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Lot no. 7

Icon of Christ Pantocrator. Late 19th–early 20th century. Tempera on wood with a gold background decorated with impressions in levkas. Polychrome frame with spandrels decorated with impressions in levkas. On the back is a label in Polish: "Jego Ekscelencji / P. Ministrowi SAVA KIROV / błogosławieństwo od / MITROPOLITY DJONIZEGO" (To His Excellency / Mr. Minister SAVA KIROV / blessing from / Metropolitan Dionysius) 22 x 18 cm Sava Todorov KIROV (1893–1972), Bulgarian diplomat and politician. Ambassador to Warsaw from 1935 to 1936. He settled in Paris in 1947. On September 12, 1949, he was one of the founders of the émigré organization Union of Free Bulgarians. Metropolitan Dionysius (Konstantin Nikolayevich Valedinsky, 1876–1960). Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland from February 27, 1923, to April 17, 1948.

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€200 - €300
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Icon of Christ Pantocrator. Late 19th–early 20th century. Tempera on wood with a gold background decorated with impressions in levkas. Polychrome frame with spandrels decorated with impressions in levkas. On the back is a label in Polish: "Jego Ekscelencji / P. Ministrowi SAVA KIROV / błogosławieństwo od / MITROPOLITY DJONIZEGO" (To His Excellency / Mr. Minister SAVA KIROV / blessing from / Metropolitan Dionysius) 22 x 18 cm Sava Todorov KIROV (1893–1972), Bulgarian diplomat and politician. Ambassador to Warsaw from 1935 to 1936. He settled in Paris in 1947. On September 12, 1949, he was one of the founders of the émigré organization Union of Free Bulgarians. Metropolitan Dionysius (Konstantin Nikolayevich Valedinsky, 1876–1960). Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland from February 27, 1923, to April 17, 1948.