ANTIQUE RUSSIAN 4-PANEL NEW TESTAMENT BRONZE ICON 18th Century; Depicts church feasts of the New Testament in 17th Century Russia; Christians were set in the "old-ways", instead of embracing the new church practiices, and were persecute, exiled and in some cases executed for it. This led them to being call "The Old Believers", and the anathemas weren't revoked by the Moscow Patriarchate until 1971. When this icon was created the persecution went beyond people and entered into the world of art, specifically bronze icons the government banned, confiscated and melted down to make coins and weapons; 2 inner panels measure: 6.25"H x 3.5"W, 2 inner panels measure: 5.75"H x 3"W ; Measures: 14" long fully extended