Professional lacquer miniature artists learned how to paint their masterpieces on all type of papier-mâché surfaces. Painting on a convex box is a very hard art and needs a lot of skills and professionalism.

For the idea the artist took the heroes and episodes from a famous fairy-tale «Snow Queen», that is why the work is made in cold blue, pink and green colours which perfectly combine with each other. The painting is made using tempera egg emulsion and cherry resin for better brilliance and gloss.

Kholui miniature school appeared in the Kholui village of Ivanovskaya oblast’ in 1934. This type of art was based on the icon-painting craft.The figurative language of the Kholui miniatures dates back to the methods of Old Russian painting. However, the characters depicted on the miniatures of this school are more realistic.

Lacquer items from Kholui are popular in the United Kingdom, the USA, Italy, Spain and Canada.

Size: 8,5cm high, 9cm long, 9cm wide.