Show all images on one page	#005350 Title: Sivka-Burka Artist: Titov Vladimir (1937-2006) Size: 24.5x18x4 Size (inches): 9.5x7x1.5 Price : $1450 SOLD!

This box painted by a talented Palekh artisty Titov Vladimir Alexandrovich. Titov was born in 1937, he has been studying in Palekh Art school in 1960-1965 and has worked in Palekh Workshops most of his life.
The box shows several scenes from the Russian fairy-tale "Sivka-Burka".In the middle of the composition we can see how Ivan gives a magnificent leap, high up into the air. The reason of it is the tsar's daughter caprice. She sits in the highest balcony of the highest tower in the kingdom and lays down her conditions. Whoever is able to reach the balcony from the ground and can kiss her wonderful lips will be her bridegroom. Having heard this announcement, many young men from all nooks of the kingdom decide to try their luck. Ivan is the only one who manages to fulfill this task. Here he nearly reaches the balcony riding the magical horse Sivka-Burka.
The box is made out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. A hinge has been fastened to the top of the composition, and the box rests flat. The work is signed with the artist's name at the bottom of the composition in gold paints.