CIRCULAR BOX WITH A SCENE FROM A RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Anatolii Vasil'evich Kuznetsov (Artist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Circular black box is decorated with a scene from a Russian fairy tale on its cover. A standing man and a seated woman are pictred riding on a flying carpet. The man holds in one hand a golden cage with the Firebird. The top and sides are decorated with a floral gilt rinceau.
- Object name:
- CIRCULAR BOX WITH A SCENE FROM A RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera
- Made in:
- Palekh, Russia
- Date made:
- 1960
- Size:
- 10.2 cm (4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.26.2-3
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- DATE; SIGNATURE Palekh 1960g. Kuznetsov A. [Handwritten in Cyrillic in gilt on cover below image] INSCRIPTIONS N 6960 [on lid]; Hand Painted in USSR [Written in gilt on underside of box]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973