Renaissance woodcarving - Icon stand

Inner size 25/42 cm

Outer size 78/56 cm

Material – lime-tree

Backing – stain and wax

The big icon stand from Tzvetomir Minchev’s collection bears all the characteristics of Church woodcarving. The icon stands in this country are a must for the interior of the shrines. Behind them all the mystical rituals are carried-out, invisible for the eyes of the lay brothers. Each Bulgarian church from the Renaissance strived to have a beautiful icon stand. The composition of birds at the top of the stand is characteristic for the church in Bansko, which is a protected cultural monument and the icon stand in it is a masterpiece by the Bansko woodcarvers from the Molerov family.