Show all images on one page	#007173 Title: Fairy tales from the Childhood Artist: Brovkina Natalie Size: 18.5x15x15.5 Size (inches): 7.25x5.75x6 Price : $1450 SOLD!

This interesting five-sided box was painted by Nataliya Brovkina from the village of Palekh.
On the top of the box we can see a family collected in a large village house and listen to a grandmother who is telling the fairy tales.
On the front side we can see a fragment from a "Mariya Morevna" fairytale with Baba Yaga.
On the left side we can see a painting based on "Emelya or Magic Pike" fairytale, The back side shows us a fragment from Tale of Sadko. And to the right we can see "Geese and Swans" Fairytale, Sister Aleonushka is trying to hide brother Ivanushka from Geese under the Apple Tree.
The palette for this piece contains a bright spectrum of vivid brown, blue, grey and red colors. Gold and silver paint, applied with extreme precision, details almost every aspect of the composition. The gold and silver detailing is so fine, in fact, that a brush with no more than a single hair was used in many areas.
The casket is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the piece while red lacquer completes the interior of the box. The composition is framed with a simple pattern composed of silver and gold beads. The sides are decorated with more complex floral and foliage ornamentation painted in gold and aluminum. A hinge has been fastened to the top of the composition, and the casket rests on a four legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, the title and the village of Palekh.