Show all images on one page	#009300 Title: Winter amusement Artist: Shemarov Alexander Size: 17.5x6.5x4 Size (inches): 7x2.5x1.5 Price: $295

This very detailed box has been painted by a established Palekh artist, Shemarov Alexander.
It shows happy Russian peasants enjoying a frosty, winter day. They sleigh down a snowy hill, skate on the pond, make a snowman, ski, play hockey, ride a troika and admire whirling snowflakes that so beautifully glisten in the sun...On the background of the composition we can see the village houses with smoking chimneys.
The palette is filled with various shades of cold whites and blues suitable for reproduction of a winter landscape. The characters' costumes are painted in warm red, orange and brown tones. Painting human figures in bright, festive colors is a recognizable trait of the traditional style of Palekh lacquered miniature.
The paiting is framed with a gold ornament; sides of the box are also very well decorated with gold and silver pattern.
The box is constructed out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box.
The lid is hinged at the top of the composition, and the box rests flat. The work is signed with the artist's name, 2017 and the village of Palekh.