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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Matt Johnson, post: 2605409, member: 15775&quot;]Was he Orthodox? </p><p><br /></p><p>Also here are the Serbian versions of those icons </p><p>[ATTACH=full]271331[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]271332[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here a Russian one</p><p>[ATTACH=full]271333[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The difference is kinda huge so that&#039;s why I&#039;m guessing yours are Russian. Probably originals, I don&#039;t believe someone used old wood panels to make a &#039;historic&#039; copy. Nowadays most households would find such an antique piece &#039;outdated&#039;. So there is no point to make a copy </p><p><br /></p><p>They were probably expensive pieces back in those days when they were made. Meaning not everyone could afford it. That&#039;s why I&#039;m guessing some monastery old some noble family or simply someone rich.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I see numbers on the back of one. Maybe it&#039;s been in a big collection or a museum perhaps? </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a wild guess but maybe early or mid 19th century[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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