Footed Kholui Russian Lacquer Box Miniature Scene From Fairy Tale Signed Pyetrov

Description: This is a beautiful rectangular paper-mache or papier-mache Russian Lacquer Box with a hinged lid and 4 small round feet at the corners of the base to support it. The box is marked Kholui both on the bottom of the decorated lid and has the Kholui logo in gold lettering in the center of the base. The box was obviously made at the Kholui school of miniature painting. The box has a flat bottom with small feet at the corners and a hinged lid. The lid is decorated with a hand painted colorful image of a young man on a horse with a woman carrying a water bucket in front of him and a woman watching from a window behind him. There are men watching to the side and a rooster on a small bridge in the bottom right corner. There is also a bucket which obviously fell from the woman and is spilled on the ground. A very colorful scene that is very well done with lots of details. There are blue round clouds on top of the scene and trees and plants throughout. The piece is marked on the bot