Hand Painted Fedoskino Russian Lacquer Box Reading The Tealeaves By Shchabunin

Description: This is a nice square shaped paper-mache or papier-mache Russian Lacquer Box with hinged lid from Fedoskino. The box, which has a hinged lid and a flat base with four feet at the corners, has a very colorful decorated top. The top of the lid is decorated with a well-executed hand painted image of two women sitting at a table with a teapot sitting on top of a samovar. One woman, obviously a fortune teller, is holding a teacup in her hand and pointing a finger at the other woman in front of her. The second woman it listening attentively while holding the saucer of the cup in the other woman's hand. This is obviously a fortune telling session where the first woman is reading the tealeaves in the cup of the other woman. The box is marked Fedoskino and is signed by the artist with both words being in Cyrillic. Both women are sitting on chairs and have dresses that are made brilliant by MOP and are decorated with small flowers. There is a carpet on the floor and a table cloth on