Show all images on one page	#004820 Title: Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs Artist: Romanova Nadezhda Size: 15x10x3.5 Size (inches): 5.75x4x1.25 Price : $650 SOLD!

Nadezhda Romanova from the town of Yuzha (Kholui school) painted this attractive box. It is based on the Pushkin's fairy-tale "Sleeping Princess and Seven Bogatyrs". In this tale, the wicked Queen looks at her magic glass and asks: "Who is the most beautiful woman in the kingdom?". The glass always answers that the Queen is the most beautiful woman in the kingdom until the day when it suddenly announces that there is indeed someone more beautiful than she, her own step-daughter. The Queen orders her servant to kill the Princess in the forest. Feeling sorry for the young beautiful Princess, the servant leaves her in the forest where the girl finds the shelter in the house of seven bogatyrs. Then the Queen takes another attempt to kill the Princess poisoning her with an apple. Being poisoned by the apple, the Princess is put into an eternal sleep. In the end of this tale, Prince Yelisey finds and saves the Princess by awaking her with his sweet kiss.
The scene painted in the center shows seven bogatyrs who leave their house intending to hunt in the forest. From the left of this scene we can see the Princess who sees the bogatyrs off, while from the right of it the artist depicts Prince Yelisey who asks the Sun where he can find the Princess.
Blue, green, red and brown tones dominate here. Gold paint is used to detail the Princess's dress, the chain armor of seven bogatyrs and Prince Yelisey, and also to paint the sun and to highlight foliage of some trees.
The box's exterior is covered with black lacquer, and decorated with intricate gold patterns. Its interior is covered with the red velvet material.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The lid is hinged from the top of the scene, and the box rests on legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, the title and the village of Kholui.