Show all images on one page	#001744 Title: A Mushroom Hunt Artist: Molodkin Denis Size: 13.5x10x5 Size (inches): 5.25x4x2 Price : $750 SOLD!

This nicely painted genre scene was created by the famous Mstera artist Denis Molodkin. It shows a man and a woman strolling in the forest and gathering mushrooms. Gathering mushrooms is one of the favorite past times in Russia. Men, woman, families and single mushroomers stroll in forest, looking for mushrooms. They got pleasure from fresh forest air and feel excitement and joy finding a mushroom. Later they may fry mushrooms with potatoes or marinate them. Mushrooms are irreplaceable ingredients of the Russian cuisine. A wide variety of dishes are cooked using mushrooms, such as: pickled mushrooms, fried mushrooms, mushroom soup and many others. The box 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's sides and lid are decorated with beautiful gold and aluminum patterns. The box is hinged, and rests on four legs. It is signed with the artist's name, the title, the year of 2003 and the village of Mstera.