Show all images on one page	#006319 Title: Snowmaiden Artist: Dobrin Yegene Size: 13x20.5x3.5 Size (inches): 5x8x1.4 Price : $950 SOLD!

This very detailed box is a creation of Yugeniy Dobrin from the village of Kholui. The box shows a scene from the popular Russian fairy-tale "The Snowmaiden" or “"Snegurochka". The artist has painted the Snowmaiden coming out of the trees.On the background we can see Father Frost who is looking at the Snowmaiden from the top of the trees and from over the Berendey's Kingdom...
Dobrin's favorite turquoise green tones of tempera paints predominate here. Gold and aluminum paints are used to fill the scene with an innumerable number of lustrous details. The colors, fine landscape and neatly painted details give this box a very attractive appearance.
Dobrin's skill as an artist is further demonstrated on the rich ornamentation that adorns the box's exterior. The ornamentation consists of complex gold filigree designs accented by aluminum paint remind us the snowflakes.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the piece while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The lid is hinged from the left of the composition, and the box rests on four rounded legs. On the lid's interior Dobrin has written the title ("Snowmaiden and Bullfinches"), the year of 2007, Kholui, and his name, as well as an indication that this is an original work. The work is also signed under the composition on the lid.