"Kholui" Lacquer Kholui Box
Russian Lacquer Painting. Artist Mitashin P.A.
Amazing white monasteries, marvelous wooden churches, trees like in fairy-tale - all this you will find in Kholui, Russian village where the famous miniature painting on the lacquer boxes was born! Kholui is among the most ancient villages in the Vladimir-Suzdal area. Legend has it that arts and crafts were practiced in these parts from as early as the time of the Tatar-Mongol invasion. In the 1230-40s the highly developed urban culture of Northeastern Russia was almost wiped out by the Tatar-Mongol hordes. The local people fled to remote marshlands that were inaccessible to the Tatar cavalry. Kholui may well have been such a place, its name meaning "marshlands" in Finno-Ugrian languages..The lacquer box is signed with the name of the artist and Kholui village where it was made.
This decorative lacquered box is handmade by the Kholui Association that specializes in producing painted boxes of papier-mache. This material is more lasting than the wood, which can crack because of time or moisture. Papier-mache is the art which has deep roots in the Russian history. Producing of every item is a very long and labour-consuming process. The beautiful painting which covers the boxes is very detailed and originates from the Russian icon painting. The main aspects in producing of miniatures are right preparation and blending of paints (all paints are handmade), several stages of lacquering and polishing, and of course the mastery of the Kholui artists. The principal topics of miniatures are the landscapes and architectual monuments of Russia, the plots and protagonists of Russian fairy tales, fables and legends.
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70 mm (3 in) |
90 mm (4 in) |
100 gr (4 oz) |
£ 85.90 |
€ 113.70 |
$ 171.50 |
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