This delicate work was made using tempera paints on varnished papier-mâché box of a small size. Usually, it takes a lot of time and skills to make such a detailed work on a small article, this what also makes it so valuable and exclusive. The Palekh miniatures usually represent characters from real life, fairy tales, bylinas and songs. The subject of this amazing box is a fairy tale “Ivan-Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf”. 

Works by Palekh artists can be found in numerous museums of Russia and abroad. The State Palekh Art Museum in Palekh boasts the biggest miniature collection, with over two thousand works.

Size: 5cm high, 3cm wide.