The box is signed by the artist and comes with the Certificate of Authenticity.

Elegant illustration to Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Ludmila",well-known to classical music lovers as Glinka's opera. This miniature is a perfect depiction of the scene where Ruslan met a gigantic head which had been an insidious obstacle in Ruslan's search for Ludmila, his bride, who had mysteriously disappeared.

Lacquer boxes from Palekh might well enjoy the highest world-wide acclaim. The lacquer art of Palekh has been called "a small miracle", a label particularly fitting since that the village specialized in icon-painting for centuries until the 1917 Russian revolution. To many collectors, Palekh boxes have the most elegant look to them. When you hold one in your hand, you know you are holding something truly special. Most often in Palekh works, innumerable fine lines of gold leaf, polished to a glow by a wolf's tooth, are applied to the ornamental border and drawing itself. A simple one-color background then provides a beautiful contrast to the gold leaf and scene itself. This background, usually black, also serves to take the observer into a new world where one's concept of time and space is left to the imagination.