Show all images on one page	#003350 Title: Dobrynya and The Dragon Artist: Bonokin Dmitriy Size: 19x15.5x5 Size (inches): 7.5x6x2 Price : $795 SOLD!

This is a handcrafted beauty by the young talented Palekh painter Dmitry Bonokin. The subject is based on the ancient Russian bylina “Dobrynya and the Dragon”. Dobrynya is known primarily for his dramatic battles with dragons. He managed to conquer the horrible dragon, Gorynytch, who devastated Russian lands and killed the Russians.
In the middle of the composition there is the heroic figure of Dobrynya sitting on his faithful steed and trumpeting his horn to announce his victory. Just under Dobrynya's figure, the artist depicts the dead body of Dragon. In the right part of the composition we can see Prince Vladimir and different citizens of Kiev who triumph and salute their hero, while in the left part we can see girls laundering clothes in the Puchai River (according to the ancient legend, the citizens of Kiev were baptized in the waters of this river). In the left upper corner of the composition the artist paints an extract from this bylina: “Wherever you were brought from, each of you go in your own direction, and the Dragon will not touch you, the damned Dragon has been killed!” In the right upper corner of the composition there is another extract from this bylina: “The blood of the Dragon flew from the east down to the west, never more will the Russian and Christian people be imprisoned, and the Dragon was killed!”
The artist's palette is very diverse and is full of bold and bright colors. The golden and aluminum contours cast a spell over the scene. Each building, outfit and piece of foliage is highlighted in some way.
The box is made out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. The box's exterior is decorated with intricate gold designs accented with aluminum. The box has a hinge from the top of the scene and rests on four legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, Palekh, the title and the year of 2007.
The image of the similar box is pictured in the catalogue by L.L. Pirogova Russian lacquer miniature. Origin and Contemporaneity (Yantarny Skaz, 2003) that may confirm its museum quality status. This catalogue has been published after carrying out the exhibition “Origin and Contemporaneity” (Moscow, 2003) where this box has been displayed.