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BOX WITH TROIKA SCENE

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Black lacquer box has detachable lid, which does not fit well. Lid of box is poorly made with cracks where red lacquer meets black. Painting on top of a troika being driven by a young man appears elaborate and detailed. Under a loop the dots of a printed medium are revealed.

Object name:
BOX WITH TROIKA SCENE
Made from:
Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- chromolithography on paper
Made in:
USSR: Leningrad
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
9.5 x 14.3 cm (3 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.55.1-2
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
MARK fake Palekh, A. Galkin
Credit line:
Gift of Maxine R. Mennen, 1991