Show all images on one page	#001238 Title: Dreams Artist: Guryleva Mariya Size: 14.5x9.5x4 Price : $595 SOLD!

This magical piece was created with true passion for subject by Palekh artists, Sergey and Maria Gurilyev. This husband and wife artistic team is well known for their dedication to detailed imagery. Here the artists depicted a young beautiful girl sitting inside the elegantly designed tent and looking at the waters of the big lake. Fantastic and splendid landscape, filled with whimsical trees and plants, spreads around the tent. The palette for this piece contains a wide spectrum of bright and vivid colors. Gold paint, applied with extreme precision, details almost every aspect of the composition; the water is detailed with aluminum paint. The detailing with the metallic paints is so fine, in fact, that a brush with no more than a single hair was used in many areas. Like all of Gurilyevs' work, this piece is very well detailed and has its own unique mood.
The box is constructed out of high-quality paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box and red lacquer is used to paint the interior of the box. Gold beading frames the scene, while beautiful gold ornamentation` adorns the edges of the lid. The sides are decorated with a large but graceful band of vine and flower filigree in gold and silver. The decoration is intricate, smooth, and skillfully painted on the box. The lid is hinged from the top of the composition and rests on a small platform that forms four legs. The date (2004), the village of Palekh and the artists' signature (their last name in plural) is found under the composition.