$300
RUSSIAN LACQUER BOXES (6), L 2 1/2"-4", INCLUDING PALEKH & FEDOSKINO SCHOOLS:Each is hand-decorated at the hinged cover and signed, including 1 apple-form box, "Wee Little Hooroschechka", Palekh school, H. 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" (small nick to the tip of the stem); 1 rectangular, "The Golden Cockerel", Fedoskino school, H.1 1/2" x 3"; 1 square box, "The Virgin of Kazan", Palekh school, H.2" x 3"; 1 hexagonal shape, "Waiting for Spring" by Kozlova, H.2", W.4"; 1 oval box with maiden and fairy at the cover, H.1" x 4 1/4"; and 1 rectangular, "The Swan-Geese", children beneath fruiting tree on the cover, geese about the sides, Fedoskino school, H.1 1/2" x 3 3/4" (a small nick near the hinge). Late 20th century-circa 2000.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2009-12-12