Show all images on one page	#006122 Title: Old Holland Artist: Valyalin Alexey Size: 18x11x3 Size (inches): 7x4.25x1.25 Price : $975 SOLD!

Alexey Valyalin from the village of Fedoskino is the artist who painted this adorable dual-sided box. Since childhood, Valyalin has been fascinated with the sea. During his vacation at the Black Sea, he visited the Museum of Art in Feodosia (Crimea, Ukraine), and was greatly impressed by the paintings of the great Russian seascape painter, Ivan Aivazovsky. This occasion influenced his decision to become an artist and paint seascapes.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer mixed with the silver powder is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The scenes are framed with so called "scan patterns" composed of tiny shapes hand punched from silver metal sheets and then painstakingly affixed by hand to the box. The lid is hinged from the bottom of the compositions, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name ,the village of Fedoskino and the name of the work- "An Old Holland" on the both sides of the box.