This Easter Egg, painteded in Matryoshka's style is exclusive author's work.
Wooden hand-painted egg could be a lovely present suitable for every case as a nice souvenir from Russia. Nice egg is good for decoration and possesses the characteristic Russian style and spirit. In the Ancient Russia these eggs were the most popular present for the Easter holiday. Being hand-painted every egg differs from the others. Each egg bears the mark of the individual style of a craftsman.
Russian Matryoshka is one of the finest, most famous, and most beautiful of all Russian folk arts. The name itself, "matryoshka" bearing the Latin root "mater" for mother, conjures up the image of the staid, sturdy peasant matron for which Russia is known. The matryoshka doll is over 100 years old.
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