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Metal · Church plate

Folding quadriptych "Twelve Great Feasts"

Inv. no. М-4480 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The folding icon is a quadriptych made of yellow metal. The leaves are rectangular, the upper part of each shaped like a kokoshnik. The folding icon is covered in light-blue enamel. The leaves are joined by hinges. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Metal, enamel
Technique
Casting, enameling, engraving
Dimensions
40 × 17.7 × 0.7 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

The folding icon is a quadriptych made of yellow metal. The leaves are rectangular, the upper part of each shaped like a kokoshnik. The folding icon is covered in light-blue enamel. The leaves are joined by hinges. Three of the leaves bear scenes of the Twelve Great Feasts in twelve rectangular compartments, four to a leaf (left to right): "The Annunciation," "The Nativity of Christ," "The Nativity of the Mother of God," "The Presentation in the Temple," "The Presentation of the Lord," "The Baptism," "The Transfiguration of the Lord," "The Entry into Jerusalem," "The Descent into Hell," "The Ascension," "The Descent of the Holy Spirit," "The Dormition of the Mother of God." On the fourth leaf, in four compartments, are the icons "Sign of the Mother of God," "Vladimir Mother of God," "Tikhvin Mother of God," "Kazan Mother of God." In the kokoshniks: "The Crucifixion," "The New Testament Trinity," "The Exaltation of the Precious Cross," "In Praise of the Mother of God." Around each image of the Mother of God are saints stretching out their hands to her in prayer. On the reverse is a depiction of the Cross of Golgotha. Note: it entered the Kharkiv Historical Museum's holdings by decision of the State Customs Committee of Ukraine and the National Committee for the Return of Cultural Property to Ukraine under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 1995. It was seized by the Chop customs post in 1991–1993.

Record

Inventory number
М-4480
Title
Folding quadriptych "Twelve Great Feasts"
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
19th century
Material
Metal, enamel
Technique
Casting, enameling, engraving
Dimensions
40 × 17.7 × 0.7 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Old Believers

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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