Kyoto (Model 755) STL

A kiot, or icon case, is a traditional sacred cabinet designed to house and protect holy icons, with its origins rooted in Byzantine tradition and early Russian church architecture. The primary purpose of a kiot is to shield the sacred image from external factors such as dust, candle soot, and humidity fluctuations, thereby preserving iconographic masterpieces for centuries. The tradition of crafting elaborate wooden icon cases flourished in Russia during the 17th through 19th centuries, when domestic and church devotional spaces achieved high artistic and theological significance. Believers offer prayers before icons housed within such cases for domestic protection, spiritual fortitude, and peace, regarding this architectural enclosure as a symbolic threshold between the earthly and the heavenly realms.

This digital 3D model of the kiot is provided in STL format for manufacturing on CNC machines. The assembly is divided into three separate components—central, right, and left parts—optimized for high-precision wood milling of complex relief ornamentation. The digital geometry preserves canonical proportions and decorative structures, making it fully compatible with specialized CAM software for automated production.