Show all images on one page	#002042 Title: The Ring Artist: Knyazev Sergey Size: 13.5x10x2.5 Size (inches): 5.25x4x1 Price : $950 SOLD!

This another creation of the talented Sergey Knyazev from the village of Fedoskino. His works always astonish the viewer with their special magnetism and superb decorativeness.
The box features a very romantic scene. The lad and the girl are standing among large blossoms of sunflowers. The lad has just presented the girl a ring, and now he is make a declaration of love to his darling.
The composition looks very effective owing the depiction of large gold sunflowers and a splendid diadem on the girl's head. The flowers are painted so skillfully that they magnetize the viewer at first glance. Three pieces of mother-of-pear are inlaid into different areas of the composition. The first one is inlaid into the portion of the sky to create brightness of the sunrays struggling through dense clouds. The second one is inlaid into the portion of the lad's shirt, and the third one is inlaid into the portion of the girl's shirt. Blue areas of the composition are painted over aluminum powder that strengthens the color and adds additional festivity to the piece. Gold is used to paint the sunflowers, to detail the hair of both characters and all plants.
The scene is framed with multiple of gold threads that form a single gold line. The same ornamentation wraps around the platform on which the box rests. The sides of the box are covered blue paint mixed with gold dust. The exterior bottom of the box is covered with black lacquer mixed with gold dust.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. A hinge is fastened to the left of the composition. The work is signed, dated (2006) and titled ("Ring") by the artist on the interior of the lid.