Sold for: £24
A small Russian lacquer box from the Fedoskino factory, crafted from papier-mache with a black lacquered exterior and a vibrant red lacquered interior. The hinged lid features a hand-painted oil miniature executed in the realistic style traditional to the Fedoskino school. The scene depicts an elderly man with a white beard, dressed in a green tunic and bast shoes (lapti), pointing to a book bearing a cross, while a young boy in a red shirt watches. The side of the box is marked with a gold-painted Cyrillic inscription reading Федоскино (Fedoskino) alongside decorative scrollwork.
Length: 5.7 cm.
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