Show all images on one page	#007064 Title: Tale of a Golden Fish Artist: Zotov Nikolay Size: 16x9x19.5 Size (inches): 6.25x3.5x7.75 Price : $2650 SOLD!

Here is another creation of the prominent artist Nikolay Zotov. He ranks as the one of the best contemporary Masters in Fedoskino, whose creations are displayed in each catalog on the Russian lacquer art. This artist has a peculiar style, and very often his boxes are originally shaped, that is why it is always easy to recognize his unique creations. This interesting installation has also a unique shape of hut!
This colorful lacquer miniature depicts scenes from a 1833 poem by Russia's great poet Alexander Pushkin. In the center of the composition is the court of the old woman. She is now a high-born lady and the ruler of the land. The simpleton husband is summoned to fetch the golden fish yet another time.

Go back, make your bow to the great fish.
I'll no more be a mighty Empress
But will rule over Sea and Ocean.
In the Deep I will make my stronghold
And the golden fish shall serve me
And swim back and forth on my errands.
So, the old man is taken out of the shiny palace by one of the guards. He now has to face the Golden Fish for the last time.

Again he went down to the ocean
And saw-a black storm had arisen:
Angry waves reared up to meet him,
All a-quake, all a-swirl, all a-roaring.
But he raised his voice and shouted,
And the golden fish came swimming:
"What is it, old man, come, tell me! "
With a low bow the old man made answer:
"Be gracious, Lord of Fishes!
What can I do with the woman?
The old fool will no longer be Empress,
She will rule over Sea and Ocean;
And have you yourself to serve her And swim back and forth on her errands."
The golden fish said nothing;
With a flick of its tail in the water
It swam away, back to the deep sea.

And the grand finale: everything is back to square one!

The old man by the shore stood waiting
For a long time, but got no answer.
At last, he returned to his good-wife
And lo: There she sat on the threshold
Of their old hut of clay and wattle
And before her-the broken wash-trough.


Like in most of his works, here the artist Zotov has created a multi-layered composition to get a three-dimensional effect.Also, Zotov has used a piece of mother-of-pearl, that shines oner the heads of the main three figures in the center.
The installation is constructed from paper-mache and epoxy rosin, painted by oils. The work is signed with the artist's name . Its interior is covered with light gray oils. The box's exterior bottom imitates the blue marble (tiny light blue veins are scattered against the bright background). The lid is hinged. The hut-shaped box is rests on flat platform.
It swam away, back to the deep sea. It swam away, back to the deep sea.