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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