BOX WITH A SCENE FROM "RUSLAN AND LUDMILA"
Creator(s): Mikhail Pavlovich Kuvshinov (Artist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Outside is lacquered black. On cover is a scene from Aleksandr Pushkin's "Ruslan and Ludmila" generally referred to as "Ruslan and the Head." The figures are rendered in brilliant colors with a head of Rus at left and Ruslan in armor on a spirited horse at right.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH A SCENE FROM "RUSLAN AND LUDMILA"
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera
- Made in:
- RUSSIA: Palekh (formerly USSR: Palekh)
- Date made:
- 1969
- Size:
- 4.4 x 14.9 x 9.8 cm (1 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.34
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK [Cyrillic] 3880 Palekh Written in gilt letters on cover, lower left. 3880 is probably a design number. SIGNATURE; DATE [Cyrillic] Kuvshinov. 69g. Written in gilt on cover, lower right.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973