Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Paintings Clausen's works are in many

Clausen's works are in many of the great Public galleries & museums internationally

All ten plates are signed "Nabeshima" to the verso with a blue four character mark

The large globular baluster shaped vase is raised on a stepped flared foot

National Gallery of Scotland

Laurie Povey Crawford

Antique Greek Eastern Orthodox Religious Painted Icon Egg Tempera 3 Saints 1780 Paintings Clausen's works are in manyA good and large, late 18th century, Greek, Eastern Orthodox hand painted & gilded icon of three saints, circa 1780. This traditional Greek Orthodox icon is painted in the Byzantine style, using egg tempera paint on a poplar wood panel. The icon depicts three saints: Saint Charalambos, a bishop and patron saint of healing. Saint Simeon the Stylite to the center, who spent 37 years living atop a column or stylos, he is seen emerging from his pillar.