Show all images on one page	#004282 Title: Summer Troyka Artist: Pothekhin Yevgeniy Size: 11x7x4.5 Size (inches): 4.25x2.75x1.75 Price : $795 SOLD!

Yevgeniy Potekhin is the author of this traditional Fedoskino box that features a company of people riding in the carriage. The bearded coachman whips the three horses with the reins making them race faster. On the back of the composition we can see beautiful summer landscape and the last house at the edge of a village. The dog is following the carriage and barking at it...
The scene is well painted in the realistic style. Grey and grey-blue tones are dominated here.
The theme of speeding troika is traditional for Russian lacquer miniature art. This tradition is coming from the very beginning of lacquer ware production in Russia when the first lacquer workshop was founded by Piotr Korobov in the village of Danilkovo (now Fedoskino). At that time the themes of peasants' everyday life were very popular among Fedoskino painters.
The sides of the lid are decorated with two gold lines as well as the painting is also bordered with a golden line.
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 top of the scene, and the box rests on several legs. The work is signed by the artist.