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"City of Zagorsk" w/Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
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| Stock #: 803101 |
Artist: Bilenko Fedoskino |
| Size:
2 5/8" X 2 1/4" X 1" |
Reg.$ 64.97
Your price: $ 49 |
The box is signed by the artist
and comes with the Certificate of Authenticity.
Zagorsk grew up in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Troitse-Sergiyeva (Trinity) Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh. Artists from Fedoskino, the birthplace of Russian lacquer miniatures, use
a more realistic style of painting than the other villages. They also use oil
paints for their drawings instead of the egg-based temperas. Three to four
layers of the oil paints, along with seven coats of lacquer, are applied to
each box before it is completed. This layering brings out a radiant quality
in the drawings and the colors seem to emanate from within. Sometimes, an underlay
of gold leaf or mother of pearl enhances this radiance and adds a lovely iridescence
of its own. |
