Show all images on one page	#006290 Title: Summer Time(dual-sided painted box) Artist: Smirnova Nina Size: 14.5x3x10 Size (inches): 5.5x1.25x4 Price : $795 SOLD!

Well-known Palekh artist Smirnova Nina is the author of this typical Palekh composition painted on the dual-sided box.
Using bright red, orange, and green tones of tempera paints the artist has managed to express a beauty of summer season. It is a berry time and peasant girl and a young guy have left their household chores to pick ripe berries in the forest. An innumerable number of brush strokes have been made to depict a rich plant life including various trees, bushes, flowers and grass. Hair thin gold and silver accents have been used extensively throughout the composition adding rich luminescence and delicacy to the piece!
On the second side of the box we can see also typical view from a Russian peasant life. A girl is cam out for a water and caring two buckles on a shoulder-yoke and a peasant guy is trying to talk to a girl and pleased her.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. Gold paint is used to decorate the box's exterior with intricate patterns. The lid is hinged from the bottom of the scenes, and the box rests on a flat bottom.
The box is signed with the artist's name, Palekh and the year of 2011.