Show all images on one page	#005056 Title: Kingdom of Unicorns Artist: Kuznetsov Viktor Size: 21x10x3.5 Size (inches): 8.25x4x1.25 Price : $795 SOLD!

This splendid box is a creation of Vladimir Kuznetsov who has elaborated his own painting style within the limits of Mstera lacquer miniature art. In his works he likes to depict antique, fantastic words inhabited by powerful kings, pure virgins, brave knights, and mythic animals. A unicorn is his favorite mythical animal, and that is why he frequently depicts it on his boxes. Called “Kingdom of Unicorns”, this work continues this interesting theme invented by Kuznetsov. Here he has painted the wonderful land with sumptuous palaces, beautiful gardens, and noble people dressed in antique costumes. The left bottom corner depicts the artist who makes the portrait of the beautiful lady and the unicorn painted in the center of the composition. The right bottom corner shows the lady resting on the sofa and caressing the unicorn.
The composition is painted in Vladimir Kuznetsov's favorite yellow-orange palette with additions of reds, greens and browns. Gold paint is used to fill the composition with lustrous details.
The box is made out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. The exterior is decorated with elegant gold patterns. The lid is hinged from the top of the composition, and the box rests on four rounded legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, the title and the village of Mstera.