CIGARETTE BOX WITH A SCENE FROM A FAIRY TALE
Creator(s): Ivan Konstantinovich Myznikov (Artist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Hinged black lacquer box decorated with a scene in bright colors of a king just dismounted from his horse and greeting his queen at the entrance to the palace. This is most likely a scene from one of Pushkin's fairy tales such as "Tale of Tsar Saltan." The lacquer has "crawled" on the surface in a manner typical of Palekh lacquers in the 1930s.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE BOX WITH A SCENE FROM A FAIRY TALE
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera -- brass (hinge)
- Made in:
- RUSSIA: Palekh (formerly USSR: Palekh)
- Date made:
- 1935
- Size:
- 2.5 x 9.8 x 7.9 cm (1 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.24
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 974 Handwritten in gilt letters on cover, lower left. signature; date [Cyrillic] I. Myznikov s. Palekh 1935 g. Handwritten in gilt on cover, lower right. Translation: Signature of the artist Ivan Myznikov; s.[elo] (village) Palekh; 1935.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973