Product Overview
This composition is painted by the well-known artist from the village of Kholui and signed Zoya Shibaeva. The box depicts a scene from the Pushkin's fairy-tale "The Tale of Tsar Saltan". Tsar Saltan will see in this fairy island many wonders: the squirrel that all day long shells golden nuts, separating gold nutshells from emerald kernel of nuts, the thirty-three knights with their uncle old Chernomor, rising from the raging sea, and, certainly, he will be very surprised to meet there his beloved wife and son.
The drawing is colorful and filled with intricate details. Bright red, green, yellow, blue color patches seem to be brighter against the black background. Gold paint is used to adorn almost all elements of the composition. All characters are drawn in details; their individualized faces express different emotions, their costumes are decorated with variegated and golden floral patterns. The box is constructed out of high-grade paper-mache. The lid is hinged on top. The exterior of the piece is painted with black lacquer and interior is painted with red lacquer. The lid of the box is decorated with the elegant gold patterns. The sides of the boxes are adorned with the more intricate gold floral patterns. Approx. 7.5"x 5"x1.5".
