Show all images on one page	#001764 Title: Lost in the Forest Artist: Vlasovs Eugene and Svetlana Size: 13.5x10x5.5 Size (inches): 5.5x4x2 Price : $575 SOLD!

This beautiful box called "We are lost" has been painted by the talented Kholui artists Yevgeny and Svetlana Vlasov. It shows two small girls lost in the forest. They have been picking mushrooms and berries, and lost the path leading to their village. Now they shout in the hope that somebody will hear them. Besides the girls the artist has painted two deer, the owl and different plant life. Each element of the composition is skillfully detailed with gold and aluminum paints. This scene is encircled with intricate gold and aluminum patterns. Outside the boundaries of the circle the artist continues his painting, and depicts the forest in the darkness of night. To reproduce the atmosphere of a night, the artist advantageously uses the black background typical for all Palekh boxes, and masterfully paints several bats.
The edges of the lid, and the box's sides are decorated with luxurious patterns painted in gold and aluminum. These patters are painted so skillfully that it's impossible to believe that a man could create them.
The box is constructed from paper-mache made in the village of Kholui. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the scene while radiant red lacquer completes the interior of the piece. The box is hinged and rests upon four feet. On the lid's interior the artist wrote his name, the village name of Kholui, the year of 2005, the title, the fact that it is the artist's original, and the materials out of which the box was made.