Show all images on one page	#009391 Sale! Title: Tale of Vasilisa the Beautiful Artist: Kritov Feodor Size: 18x12.5x4.5 Size (inches): 7x5x1.75 Price: $275 $240

Well-known Palekh artist Feodor Kritov has painted this well detailed box.
The box shows an episode from the fairy-tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful".
One merchant has only one daughter, and when her mother was duing she asked daugther to come to her and give her a doll. She said when you will be in trouble, just feed the doll and it'll help. Suddenly she died and later on merchant has married another woman with two daughters. The girl's cruel stepmother sending her to the forest to ask Baba-Yaga to give her work. It is the stepmother's pretext, in fact she wants Baba-Yaga to kill the girl. In the forest Vasilisa meets Baba-Yaga and three riders: the Red Sun Rider, the Dark Night Rider, and the Bright Day Rider. But, finally, this tale has a happy end. The handsome Prince offers the girl his hand and heart and invited her in his marvelous palace.
On this composition we can see Vasilisa and two Riders. Baba Yaga's hut is to the left of the background in front of her Hut. The girl holds a small torch that helps to show the way to the second Rider.
The scene is painted in red, green and blue tempra paints over the black backgroubnd. The trees, figures of people are headlined with gold and aluminum paints.
Black lacquer cover the box's exterior and red lacquer covered the interior.
The painting on a lid is bordered with a floral ornament painted in gold paints. The box's sides are decorated with similar rich gold ornamentation.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The lid is hinged to the top of the scene, and the box rests on wavy platform with six legs. The work is signed with the artist's name and the village of Palekh.