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BY THE LUKUTIN AND VISHNIAKOV FACTORIES, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
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FIVE LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHÉ BOXES
BY THE LUKUTIN AND VISHNIAKOV FACTORIES, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
One, finely painted with a portrait of Emperor Nicholas I after Franz Krüger, within borders decorated with piqué silver paillons; one, painted with Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Choosing a Bride after Konstantin Makovsky; one, painted with a young girl carrying a yoke; two, decorated with troika scenes, all marked
The circular box, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diameter and smaller
BY THE LUKUTIN AND VISHNIAKOV FACTORIES, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
One, finely painted with a portrait of Emperor Nicholas I after Franz Krüger, within borders decorated with piqué silver paillons; one, painted with Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Choosing a Bride after Konstantin Makovsky; one, painted with a young girl carrying a yoke; two, decorated with troika scenes, all marked
The circular box, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diameter and smaller
Literature
The box, depicting a girl with a yoke: R. Hare, The Art and Artists of Russia, London, 1965, p. 26.
Special notice
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