Show all images on one page	#007050 Title: Around the World in 80 days Artist: Komogorovs- Konstantin and Svetlana Size: 20x8x10.5 Size (inches): 7.75x3x4 Price : $3750 SOLD!

This interesting five-sided casket was painted by a talented family tandem-the Komogorovs- Svetlana and Konstantin and based on adventure novel "Around the World in Eighty Days".
Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
The casket is showed major characters and main adventure scenes of the travelers.
The compositions are painted in a unique, recognizable style of Komogorovs: lot's of gold and festive bright colors!
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 composition, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name, Fedoskino, and the title on the exterior's bottom.