Show all images on one page	#002699 Title: Tale of The Sleeping Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs Artist: Fomichyov Lev Alexandrovich (b.1932) Size: 30x9.5x6 Size (inches): 12x3.75x2.25 Price : $1350 SOLD!

Lev Fomichov of Mstera is the artist who painted this magnificent piece. He is one of the founders of the modern Mstera lacquer miniature painting style. His works are always recognizable and unique.
The painting is based on the popular story of, "The Sleeping Beauty." This story was originally put to pen by French writer Charles Perrault in 1696. It tells about the beautiful princess who is enchanted by a neglected fairy to sleep for three hundred years. The wish of wicked fairy is very cruel. Not only the Princess but also all people of her kingdom are put to sleep. The evil spell can be destroyed by the handsome prince who is destined to awake the princess by his sweet kiss.
The box shows the Prince entering the enchanted kingdom, all its inhabitants are sleeping deeply, both people and animals.
The composition is painted in various shades of green. Gold paint is used to add various details but in very minimal amounts.
The composition is thinly outlined in gold. Fomichov has then demonstrated his master hand and painted a unique and expert gold floral pattern around the composition. Beautiful gold floral ornamentation accented with blue and red tempera paints wraps around the box's sides.
The box is constructed out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. The box has a hinge above the composition and rests on four legs. The artist wrote Mstera, 2006, the title, and his name at the bottom of the composition in gold paints.