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Conversation [Беседа] Vintage Lacquer Brooch

Conversation (Беседа). Stylized scene of a couple in Russian peasant costume sitting at the table having an animated discussion. Painted in Novgorod, which was producing a limited number of boxes and brooches for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Or...

Russian Noble Woman [Fedoskino]

Russian Noble Woman. A young boyarina (Молодая боярыня) richly attired in full medieval Russian finery. She wears a beaded and emroidered Kokoshnik (Кокошник) and an Ubrus (Убрус), a fine cloth embroidered with patterns, on top of the kokoshnik. The...

Rusalka mid-19th century lacquer box

Rusalka (Русалка). Pre-revolutionary, Tsarist production - possibly unmarked Lukutin or Fedoskino. Mid to late 19th century. Oil, lacquer, hinged papier-mache box. Box in good condition, image in very good condition. 5⅛" x 3½" x 1⅞". 1 only. The...

Troika mid-19th century lacquer box

Troika (Тройка). Pre-revolutionary, Tsarist era production - possibly unmarked Vishnyakov or Lukutin. Mid to late 19th century. Oil, lacquer, hinged papier-mache box. Box in very good condition, image in fair condition with pebbling and crazing due to...

Getting Acquainted Fedoskino Lacquer Box

Getting Acquainted (Знакомство). Late Baroque (Rococo) French Renaissance playful painting of a suitor slipping behind a woman carrying fruit and snatching an apple. Artist titled the box, mentions Fedoskino, and signed the box on the inside of the lid...

The Snow Maiden (Palekh 1971)

Lel and The Snow Maiden (Лель и Снегурочка). The scene is based on the opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), composed during the years 1880–1881. Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) wrote the play in 1873. Pyotr...

Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale Robber [Mstera]

Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale Robber (Илья Муромец и Соловей Разбойник). Mstera, circa 1970-80. Papier-mache, egg tempera paints, lacquer. Detailed decorative freehand scroll border in gold. around the painting. A very nice hinged box, signed by the...

Encounter [Palekh] Konovalova

Encounter (Неожиданная встреча).  This small box has eight figures, seven of whom are participating in a traditional round dance, while one plays a melody on his balalaika. A small hut stands to the side. The trees indicate that the season is...

Svarog the Blacksmith [Palekh] Barkhatkin

Blacksmith. Svarog (Сварог) is considered the god of fire and blacksmithing. His children are Svarozhits and Dazhbog (Helios). He is the equivalent of Hephaestus (Vulcan). He is mentioned, though only once, in the Slavic translation of the Chronicle of...

The Proposal [Palekh] Kukharkina

The Proposal (Предложение). A young couple outfitted in traditional village folk clothing sit across from one another in a small wooden boat docked by the banks of the river. It is bathed in moonlight. The boy, who wears a flower crown, has picked three...

Khorovod: Walking following the sun [Palekh] Kuzmenko

Khorovod: Walking following the sun. (Хоровод: Прогулка за солнцем). The Khorovod is an ancient Russian dance. The circular structure and movement of the khorovod originates from the pre-Christian worship of the sun god Yarila. These elements of...

Dandelion Fortune Telling [Palekh] Latsuk

Fortune Telling with Dandelion Flower Crowns (Гадание с цветочными коронами). A flower crown, which has endured for many centuries, is part of many cultures. The lavish Ukrainian crown, or "vinok”, represents love, purity, and fertility. It is part...

Little Girl and Swan-Geese [Palekh] Kornilova

Little Girl and Swan-Geese [Palekh]. The Little Girl and Swan-Geese is a popular Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Russian Folk Tales, a collection of nearly 600 fairy and folktales, published by him between 1855 and 1863. Once...

Vasilisa [Palekh] Bogatikova

Vasilisa (Василиса). Galina Petrovna Bogatikova (Morozova) (Галина Петровна Богатикова (Морозова)) was born in 1948 in the town of Lukh in the Ivanovo district. She studied at the Palekh Art College from 1963-1968 and worked in the Palekh Art and...

Snowstorm Метелица [Palekh] Konovalova

Snowstorm (Метелица). A fine lacquer box by Yulia Germanovna Konovalova (Юлия Германовна Коновалова (Штыкова), who was born in 1956. From 1971 until 1976, she studied at the Palekh Art School and subsequently was employed in the Palekh...

Swan Princess [Palekh] Lyakh

Swan Princess (Царевна Лебедь). Alexandra Yurievna Lyakh (Ovcharenko) (Александра Юрьевна Лях (Овчаренко)) was born in Yuzha, in the Ivanovo region. She studied at the Palekh Art College from 1974-1979 and worked in the Palekh Art and Production...

The Red Horse Brooch

The Red Horse, in Slavic culture, can be a symbol of the sun, fire and of a new life. The word "red" ("красный"), also means "beautiful" ("красивый"). It also can be found, that the horse friend is considerably better than the human friend. Ivan appears...

Sadko Fairy Tale Lacquer Brooch [Kholui]

Sadko (Садко) is a poor musician from Novgorod whose talents go unappreciated by the rich merchants of the city. He strikes a Faustian bargain with Tsar Morskoi (King of the Sea), who helps Sadko find the magic golden fish in Lake Ilmen. By winning the...

Humpback Pony Fairy Tale Lacquer Brooch [Mstera}

The Little Humpbacked Horse (Конёк-Горбунок). Also known as The Magic Pony, this piece illustrates a crucial event in the story. The Little Humpbacked Horse is a fairy tale in rhyme by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov (Пётр Павлович Ершов) (1815-1869). The...

Oleg Prince of Kiev Lacquer Brooch

Oleg Prince of Kiev (Олег Князь Киевский). Oleg was the Grand Prince of Kiev and successor of his brother Rurik Prince of Novgorod. He loved his horse yet never rode him. A magician told Oleg that his horse would bring about his death. The prophecy...