Show all images on one page	#003837 Title: Summertime Artist: Simonov A. Size: 10x8.5x4.5 Size (inches): 4x3.25x1.75 Price : $495 SOLD!

This peaceful landscape was pained by Simonov from the village of Fedoskino. It features locality typical for Russian countryside. The painting shows us a small village on a bank of a river.It is filled with hills covered with fresh, green grass and bushes, the small river , the golden field of ripe wheat lined with the dense forest and the endless blue sky!
Beautiful and peaceful summer day!
Different shades of green and yellow colors suitable for reproduction of a summer setting have been used here. Mother-of-pearl is inlaid into two parts of the composition. One of them is inlaid into the portion of the river, while another one is inlaid in the portion of the sky. With the help of mother-of-pearl the artist has achieved the beautiful effect of the sky's and the river's brilliance. The scene is framed with a gold line, while the edges of the lid are decorated with gold and green color scrolling patterns. The same patterns decorate the bottom border of the box. The sides of the box have been sprayed with gold and aluminum powder of different shades. This original ornamentation resembles the coloring of a stone. The box's interior is covered with red lacquer.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The lid is hinged from the top of the composition, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The box is signed with the artist's name.
Note: This box has been made in the Art Workshop of Sergey Tyurin.