We are pleased to offer for your consideration
A Very Exclusive Piece of SOVIET RUSSIA LACQUER MINIATURE
AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, MADE IN USSR
FEDOSKINO HAND PAINTED IN EGG TEMPERA LACQUER BOX
The cover is professionally thoroughly hand painted and depicts highly detailed traditional Russian Winter Landscape.
It is signed very delicately by hand using special brushes, with "FEDOSKINO" and Artist's Signature: I. Strehova or Strahova (?).
Comes in it's original cardboard box with reminders of that-time cotton inside for protection.
Fedoskino lacquer miniature artists primarily use round-tip brushes and single-hair brushes! These brushes are essential for the delicate and intricate details characteristic of Fedoskino art only, as you can see on this particular box.
This is really Authentic meticulously hand painted in egg tempera lacquer miniature box from 1960 -1970s, Not New Done Low Quality Mass product made by students for tourists.
Fedoskino is located in Moscow Region situated about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Russian capital on the bank of the river Ucha.
Fedoskino work is instantly recognizable. At first, it was the only Russian lacquered miniature-painting village to create in oils. Moreover, only this miniature is made on mother-of-pearl plaques, metal foil, and blanks powdered with metal dust. Finally, pictures are dimensional, figures are naturally proportioned, and perspective is generally not inverted.
Famous Fedoskino glow is attained through very thinly diluted, and therefore transparent glazes hits direct painting with bold colors to provide highlights and details. Before polishing to a brilliant gloss the painting is covered with three layers of light lacquer. All together some twelve layers are involved.
Measurements approximately: 5 3/8" x 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" (13.5cm x 9cm x 4.5cm)