Available is an intricate hand-painted hinged trinket box depicting a scene from the Russian fairy tale " The Scarlet Flower" ("Аленький цветочек") . There is so much detail in this small box that one has to delight in the skill of the artist.
The Fedoskino technique consists, typically, of very thinly diluted, and therefore transparent, layers of oil paints (called "glazes") combined with stronger, direct painting with bold colors to provide highlights and details, each of the superimposed layers thus produced being coated with layers of clear lacquer. It is this "translucent painting" which produces the often breathtaking Fedoskino glow: light passing through the strata of clear varnishes and transparent glazes hits direct painting or metal grounds and is refracted back at a different angle, producing luminosity and color alteration. Before polishing to a brilliant gloss the painting is covered with three layers of light lacquer. All together some twelve layers are involved.
Approximate Dimensions: 1.5" x 2.75"
Please note there re some defects on this trinket box. Please inspect all photos as the defects are shown.
