Easter Egg "Onion" Polhovsky Maidan/Krutets [Vintage]

Product Description

Easter Egg "Onion" (Яйцо пасхальное "Лук"). Linden, turning, starch, ink, aniline paints, varnish. Polkhovsky Maidan or Krutets, Voznesensky district, Gorky region. 1980's-1990's.  2½" x 1¾". Comes with gold plated stand. 1 only, as shown.

In addition to matryoshka dolls, painted Easter eggs from Polkhovsky Maidan and Krutets have been quite popular over the years. Easter eggs date commercially back to the 1960's and even before that, though examples before 1960 are quite scarce. Topics include landscapes, birds, insects, flowers, animals, people, churches, houses, buildings, and even planes and ships.