Show all images on one page	#009332 Title: Fire Bird Artist: Shavirin Boris Size: 25x18x9.5 Size (inches): 9.75x7x3.75 Price : $4250 SOLD!

This excelent example of Fedoskino realism has been painted by a talented artist Boris Shavyrin.
It shows a scene from the popular Russian folk tale "Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf".
The tale tells about the adventures of the Prince Ivan Tsarevich and his companion the Grey Wolf, a magician. The Wolf ate the horse of Ivan Tsarevich and to redress a wrong, he helped Ivan in several quests: to get a Firebird, to get a horse with a golden mane, and to get a beautiful princess.
Here we can see a moment when Prince Ivan has brought a Fire-Bird to the Tsar. Intricate painting technique and rich imagination help the artist to reproduce vividly the fantastic world of a Russian fairy-tale. Beautifully combined oil paints and gold detailing fill this world with bright colors and magic luster. The costumes of almost all characters are richly decorated with a gold! the costume of one of the mearchants to the right from a Tsar is painted over a piece of mother-of-pearl. Two other pieces of mother-of pearl are shines through the body and tail of Fire-bird and the last one- through the wall of the Church on the background.
The lid of the box is decorated with a golden ornament. The sides of the box are decorated with rich gold flower pattern.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The exterior of the box is painted with black lacquer while the interior is completed with red lacquer. The lid is hinged to the top of the composition, and the box rests on four legs. The artist has signed the box with his name, the village of Fedoskino and 2021.