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The "St Petersburger"
pr. Stachek 84-1-17
198096 St Petersburg
Russia
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(founded in 1998) of Sweden with Swedish tax and company number 556559-1699.
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"The Twelve Months", Palekh Decorative Lacquered Box
Russian Lacquer Painting
Order boxes for 200 USD and Get 1 more Lacquer Box for Free!!!
This long box, by Aleksei Emelyanov, depicts Russian Fairy tale *The Twelve Month*.
In this story, a young girl is sent by her stepmother to bring back some Snowdrop flowers. There's a small problem, though: it's January, and the flowers don't bloom until March! The poor girl has no choice but to go out into the cold forest. But fortunately, she comes across the Twelve Months, who help her by magically changing the seasons so she can get the flowers she needs. This theme is often a showpiece for lacquer artists, as they have a chance to show their skill at depicting a relatively large number of characters, each with a unique appearance. The composition allows the Twelve Months to spread out in a wide arc, so that the scene doesn't seem crowded and the details are shown off nicely. The artist creates fine and elaborate floral and decorative motifs in each of the men's costumes, using delicate lines of gold and aluminum paint, many of which were too fine to show up in the photos here. To be honest, the faces of Emelyanov's characters are not especially varied or expressive, but their body language and the effective use of color and detail set the mood nicely. The characters have a certain lightness, which makes them seem to stand out against the dense forest background. With their stylized poses, rather two-dimensional appearance and elaborate surface decoration, the figures in this work are reminiscent of icons, and there are other compositional techniques that derive from icon art here as well. The scale is rather free: the girl, standing just to the left of the fire, is in a smaller scale than the Twelve Months. Her figure is repeated two more times, once on the far left as she goes out of her home town to look for the flowers her stepmother demanded, and again on the right, as she comes to the clearing where the Twelve Months are sitting.
The box is made of high-quality papier-mache, with a hinge and four legs. The handsome gold ornaments around the side of the box add to the elegant look of this piece. The box is signed with the artist's name, village and style.
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140 mm (6 in) |
110 mm (4 in) |
220 gr (8 oz) |
£ 160.80 |
€ 212.80 |
$ 321.00 |
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