Show all images on one page	#007179 Title: Baba Yaga Artist: Maslov Vlad Size: 15.5x19.5x4.5 Size (inches): 6x7.75x1.75 Price : $1950 SOLD!

Vladislav Maslov from Fedoskino has painted the scene depicted on this box. It is a fine specimen of an oil based painting, which adheres to the principle techniques and methods of the Fedoskino style. It is an artist's original composition as well, which was taken straight from the creative depths of his head, to paper, and then finally to this box.
The box shows Baba-Yaga sitting near her magic hut on chicken legs. Baba-Yaga is the oldest character of the Slavonic mythology. Originally Baba-Yaga was the goddess of death; people imagined her as a woman with the snake tail who guarded the entrance into the other world and accompanied the souls of dead people into the Kingdom of the Dead.
Baba Yaga is the most famous figure in Russian fairy tales that represents evil. It is a character of such fairy-tales as "Marya Morevna", "Princess Frog", "The Tale of Life Water and Youth Giving Appels", and many, many others. Baba-Yaga depicted here is a main character of the Russian folk fairy-tale "Geese and Swans". In this tale Baba-Yaga's servants, Geese and Swans, kidnap a little boy, Ivanushka.
The scene is drawn in dark tones as the action takes place in the evening and surround the trees. Gold paint is used to detail Baba-Yaga's costume; to paint the forest flowers, the stars, the leaves soaring in the air; to create a light source in Baba-Yaga's hut, and to enhance some other minor details. Mother-of-pearl inlay can be found in the upper part of the composition.
A thin, waving gold line acts as a frame for the scene; gold line can be also found wrapping around the bottom part of the box's sides. The box's interior is covered with red paint. The exterior is also decorated with variously shaped leaves that are drawn in silver paint and detailed with bright oils. On the lid's interior the artist is glued a piece of mother-of-pearl; the title of the work, the artist's name and the year of 2012 are written on it.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. A hinge is fastened to the left of the scene, and the box rests on a flat bottom.