*Fisherman and Golden Fish* Lacquer Kholui Box
Russian Lacquer Painting. Artist Elkin V.A.
Lacquer boxes from Kholui might well enjoy the highest world-wide acclaim.
The lacquer art has been called "a small miracle", a label particularly fitting since that the village specialized in icon-painting for centuries until the 1917 Russian revolution. To many collectors, Kholui boxes have the most elegant look to them. When you hold one in your hand, you know you are holding something truly special.
Most often in Kholui works, innumerable fine lines of gold leaf, polished to a glow by a wolf's tooth, are applied to the ornamental border and drawing itself. A simple one-color background then provides a beautiful contrast to the gold leaf and scene itself. This background, usually black, also serves to take the observer into a new world where one's concept of time and space is left to the imagination.
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| *Fisherman and Golden Fish* Lacquer Kholui Box (Elkin V.A.) |
30 mm (1 in) |
40 mm (2 in) |
100 gr (4 oz) |
£ 39.10 |
€ 51.70 |
$ 78.00 |
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