Show all images on one page	#004699 Title: Vechyorka (Evening), Zorka (Dawn) and Polunochka (Night) Artist: Chibisova Veronika Size: 25x9.5x5.5 Size (inches): 9.75x3.75x2.25 Price : $2250 SOLD!

This entrancing artistry was composed by the talented Veronika Chibisova from the village of Palekh. The box depicts the final moment from the Russian fairy-tale “Vechyorka (Evening), Zorka (Dawn) and Polunochka (Night)”. In this tale the king had three beautiful daughters. The king was afraid that somebody could kidnap his girls and arranged underground chambers for them. Once the king permitted his daughters to come out of their underground chambers to stroll in the garden. Suddenly the whirlwind began, and carried all three sisters somewhere. The king promised rich presents to someone who managed to find the girls. Nobody could realize this difficult task except three brothers, Vechyorka, Zorka and Polunochka. They found the house of an old magician in the forest who showed them the gap in the ground. One of the brothers came down into the gape, and found the king's daughters underground. They were in captivity of three awful dragons that had kidnapped them. The brothers saved the girls and returned them to their father. The king was so happy that permitted Vechyorka, Zorka and Polunochka to marry his daughters.
Light blue tones of tempera paints predominate here. The details are richly enhanced with lustrous gold and silver paints. On the box's front side the artist has painted additional composition using various tones of tempera paints. It depicts a fragment of the ancient Russian town built on the riverbank. The box's sides are decorated with a luxuriant pattern made out of shining gold metal leaf designs inlaid against the blue background. The work is signed with the artist's name, Palekh, the title and the year of 2009.