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BOX WITH A MODERN BATTLE SCENE

Creator(s): Sergei Ivanovich Khazov (Artist)

Currently in storage


About this object

On cover in colors against a black ground is a battle scene with one group of warriors fleeing to the left and another pursuing them from the right. The ones at right may be Russians driving out the Tartars at left. Sides are black except for a yellow scroll around lower right. Interior is red.

Object name:
BOX WITH A MODERN BATTLE SCENE
Made from:
Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera
Made in:
RUSSIA: Palekh (formerly USSR: Palekh)
Date made:
1936
Size:
4.1 x 16.8 x 8.6 cm (1 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.46
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
MARK N 1031 In gilt script on cover, lower left corner. Possibly a design number. SIGNATURE; DATE PALEKH KHAZOV 1936 In gilt letters on cover, lower right corner.
Credit line:
Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968