Lacquer Miniatures - hand painted papier-mache laqcuer boxes and shell objects from Palekh, Mstiora, Kholui and Fedoskino. Unique images from Russian fairy tales, portraits and landscapes in tempera, oil paint and mother-of-pearl. Centuries long tradition of icon painting expressed in the form of laqcuer boxes, brooches and thimbles

Lacquer miniatures

Lacquer Miniatures - hand painted papier-mache laqcuer boxes and shell objects from Palekh, Mstiora, Kholui and Fedoskino. Unique images from Russian fairy tales, portraits and landscapes in tempera, oil paint and mother-of-pearl. Centuries long tradition of icon painting expressed in the form of laqcuer boxes, brooches and thimbles

Kholui

€ 200 ($240, £137.93) Sadko laqcuer box Kholui (#271) Sadko, cigarette box, Kholui, Potchinina, 3,62 X 2,76 X 1,38 in, one of the favourite Russian fairy-tales. The box depicts Sadko - an adventurous seafarer - amusing the underwater king with his music.		€ 750 ($900, £517.24) Lacquer box Hunter's nights (#167) Lacquer box, 7,87 X 4,72 in, Nikonov, reknown for his hunter's stories, papier-mâché, tempera, gold
€ 200 ($240, £137.93) Lacquer box Sadko (#92) Sadko, Potchinina, Kholui, 2003, 3,66 in X 2,76 in, papier-mâché, tempera, gold