Show all images on one page	#006624 Title: Geese and Swans Artist: Khizhnyak Nataliya Size: 10x13.5x4.5 Size (inches): 4x5.25x1.75 Price : $450 SOLD!

This attractive box was created by a talented artist Khizhnyak of Fedoskino.The box featured the scene from "Geese and Swans" fairy tale.
This tale is about a little boy, Ivanushka, who was kidnapped by the wicked birds, Geese and Swans, by the order of Baba-Yaga. The boy's sister, Alyonushka, started searching her brother, and found him in Baba-Yaga's house. Later the children could successfully escape from that place, but Geese and Swans began pursuing them. Only with the help of the Apple-Tree, the River and the Stove, the children were saved.
On the box we can see the moment when Alyonushka has found her brother Ivanushka in the Hut of Baba Yaga in the forest.
The scene is framed with a gold line; the box's sides are decorated with two parallel gold lines.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. A hinge is fastened to the left of the scene, and the box rests on four feet. The work is signed with the artist's name and Fedoskino.