Antique Russian Orthodox Egg Tempera Icon St. Helena & St. Constantine St. Marcarius True Cross 1820 Decorative Arts Each table is of reverse

Each table is of reverse serpentine shape and having a hinged fold over top

A good antique Chinese transitional porcelain Wucai (five colors) censer from the great kilns of Jingdezhen and dating from the reign of the Kangxi Emperor

based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari

A rare antique Flemish/Dutch polychrome corner cabinet

19 cm X 16

Antique Russian Orthodox Egg Tempera Icon St. Helena & St. Constantine St. Marcarius True Cross 1820 Decorative Arts Each table is of reverseA fine & large antique Russian Orthodox icon, circa 1820. This large antique Russian icon painted with egg tempera on wooden panel, depicts the "True Cross" to the center with Saint Marcarius I (the Bishop of Jerusalem circa 312 335 CE) supporting the crucifix, he is surrounded by acolytes. To the right foreground with a gold halo is Saint Helena (wife of Emperor Constantius and mother of Constantine I) to the left is Saint Constantine. In 325 CE