Panagia nacre
 

Offered for sale is such a curious little predmetets - small pearl Panagia . Roughly the last third of the 19th century , 3 cm in diameter, about 1 mm thick. Simplicity of the plot is compensated just perfectly maintained . Let me explain - found icons for salary , so preserved as new. Natural pearl, shines on clearance ( at the extreme opposite Picture lamps). Not perfectly flat - there is a natural curve sinks. Is - Ukraine , Crimea. Price - $ 100 shipping at my expense . For all questions do not hesitate to write to yasuna69@mail.ru

It's not Panagia.

Panagia chest is higher duhovestvo - bishops.

Stuck - why similar items on sale is called Panagia . Useful to understand. As a result of this article found here : information at least a little , but sensibly stated , moreover, it is the only material on the subject , I was lucky enough to discover .
So , SW. Cyril rights - admit wrong , and there is no excuse . Went on about the masses ( a few sellers of such items , these things imenyuschih Panagia ) .
This thing - icon breastplate . These icons in the 18 - 19th centuries were made in places of pilgrimage of Christians in Palestine, on Mount Athos, and were brought out in Russia . More details can be found in the said article. Rest of the description in my first post untrue.
Lord , please forgive me for involuntary misleading.
Odaka subject is no less interesting and rare .

Nothing interesting and even more rare in the scapular is not - this is a common breeches Pearl (carved out of the shell) icon, producing one of the pilgrimage centers of Palestinian II half of XIX century.
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