Show all images on one page	#008053 Title: Emelya or Magic Pike Artist: Babarkina Nina Size: 13x8.5x13 Size (inches): 5x3.25x5 Price : $625 SOLD!

Nina Babarkina is a talented Kholui artist who painted this box/installation. Here she has chosen to depict episodes from the fairy-tale "Emelya or Magic pike".
In short, this tale is about a young man who finds a special fish when he goes to get water from the river. In return for releasing her, the Magic Pike offers to fulfill Emelia's wishes. Being a lazy fellow, Emelya light-heartedly uses magic forces, asking the pike to help him to perform his chores while he relaxes. He orders his water-pails to go home by itself, which they do, much to the surprise of his sisters-in-law. Then he orders the sledge to go by itself to the nearest forest where his ax falls wood for the fire. Afterwards he gets to the tsar's palace, riding a stove. In the palace he meets the tsar's daughter and falls in love with her. The tale ends happily and finally Emelya marries the tsar's daughter.
The scenes depicted on the box shows key episodes from this tale:catching the pike with a backle; Emelya sits on the stove that goes by itself straight to the Tsar's palace where he will meet the Tsar's daughter, his future wife.
There is a small drawer within the front side of the box.
The box/installation 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. The box/installation rests on four legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, the titled ("Emelya"), Kholui and the fact that this is an author's original work on the interior of the base.