Show all images on one page	#003422 Title: Lukomoriye (an Old Oak tree) Artist: Bonokin Dmitriy Size: 24x19.5x6 Size (inches): 9.5x7.75x2.5 Price : $1350 SOLD!

Pushkin's introduction to the poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” inspired Dmitry Bonokin to create this large box. In the middle of the composition the artist has painted Alexander Pushkin. He sits under the old oak and writes his thrilling tales. All around him there are various characters from the introduction to “Ruslan and Lyudmila” that starts with the following quatrain:

An oak tree greening by the ocean;
A golden chain about it wound:
Whereon a learned cat, in motion
Both day and night, will walk around;
On walking right he sings a song,
On walking left, he tells a lay.

The composition painted in the traditional Palekh style is very bright and colorful. The costumes of the characters, the architecture and the landscape are richly detailed with gold and aluminum paints. Gold and aluminum are also used to paint gorgeous ornaments that decorate the box's exterior.
The box is made out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. 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 (“An oak tree greening by the ocean…”), and the year of 2006.