Show all images on one page	#002099 Title: Tale of Tsar Saltan Artist: Dobrin Yegine Size: 20.5x15x4.5 Size (inches): 8x5.75x1.75 Price : $1550 SOLD!

This is a highest quality work from a talented Kholui artist. Dobrin has created multiple original works, including this one. The box depicts a scene from the Pushkin's fairy-tale "The Tale of Tsar Saltan". Prince Gvidon embraces the Princess Swan and shows her the ship on the board of which his father is sailing. 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 palette is based on contrast colors. The characters are painted in various shades of brown, orange and red, whereas the surrounding landscape is painted in contrast green tones. Gold is used to fill the scene with various details.
Dobrin's skill as an artist is further demonstrated on the rich ornamentation that adorns the remainder of the box. Tiny gold, beads, thick gold vines and silver flowers that are actually made up of many small lines frame the composition on the lid. This same ornamentation can be found on the box's sides.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The lid is hinged from the top of the composition and rests on four legs. The work is signed, titled and dated (2005) by the artist.