Show all images on one page	#006197 Title: Winter Sledging Artist: Potekhin Yevgeniy Size: 14.5x9x6 Size (inches): 5.75x3.5x2.25 Price : $750 SOLD!

This attractive piece was created by Fedoskino master Ye. Potekhin. Fine technique and masterful detail compliment each other on this piece of quality Russian artistry. Potekhin has created many vivid compositions of everyday life which consistently represent the various sides of human nature and the events which shape it!
Here the artist depicts two ladies returning home. The coachman sits in the sledge pulling by a troika of horses.
The elegantly shaped 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. The scene is framed with a gold line while the box's sides are decorated with two parallel gold lines. A hinge is fastened to the top of the scene, and the box rests on wavy legs. The work is signed with the artist's name.