BOX WITH A MARKET SCENE
Creator(s): Vishniakov (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
Cover has an elaborate country scene in front of a village. In foreground a man and his wife, peddlers, have a wooden table with trinkets spread out for sale and a woman is admiring herself in a mirror. Behind her is a child with a doll and another peddler is trying to tempt the child with a toy. In background at right is a girl seated on a hayrack full of hay,. Sides and bottom are black, and interior is red.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH A MARKET SCENE
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera -- oil paint
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 28.3 x 18.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.41
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside: stamp for VI Vishnyakov
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968