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SOME BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, RUSSIA, 1840-1890S
Details
A GROUP OF FOUR LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHÉ BOXES, A CIGARETTE CASE, A PURSE AND A PLAQUE
SOME BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, RUSSIA, 1840-1890S
A large rectangular plaque finely painted with a young peasant lady wearing a traditional costume, after Konstantin Makovsky; a circular box with a detachable cover painted with a troika; a hexagonal box with a hinged cover painted with a view of Saint Basil's cathedral; a cigarette case painted with a galloping troika; a rectangular box decorated overall with piqué silver paillons; a purse painted with a couple playing cards, some marked
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high and smaller
SOME BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, RUSSIA, 1840-1890S
A large rectangular plaque finely painted with a young peasant lady wearing a traditional costume, after Konstantin Makovsky; a circular box with a detachable cover painted with a troika; a hexagonal box with a hinged cover painted with a view of Saint Basil's cathedral; a cigarette case painted with a galloping troika; a rectangular box decorated overall with piqué silver paillons; a purse painted with a couple playing cards, some marked
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high and smaller
Literature
The small purse: R. Hare, The Art and Artists of Russia, London, 1965, p. 252, pl. 26.
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