Papier Mache Lacquer
A Kholuy Papier Mache hinged box radiating with the brilliance of wonderful bright paints, gold high lights on a black lacquer background on the outside and red in the inside.
This is depicting the folktale of the Golden Stag Elk and signed on the lid.
Kholuy (Kholui, Kholuj, Holui – Холуй)
A Kholuy miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, made with tempera on a varnished box of papier-mâché. This form of Russian lacquer art is produced exclusively by students of the Kholuy school.
The Kholuy school of icon painting was founded in 1883. The school continued the local handicraft of icon painting known since the 16th century, but after the Russian Revolution the icon painting workshops were closed. In the 1930s, a group of artists formed an association to open a workshop for miniature lacquer art, and a new school was opened in 1943. Subjects for Kholuy miniatures vary from Russian fairy tales (e.g. Snowmaiden) to cities. Kholuy miniatures seem to be less bounded by tradition than the boxes from Palekh, Fedoskino and Mstyora.
Period
Mid 1900’s
Origin
Russia
Condition
All good.
Please check with pictures
Size
140mm 
105mm 
40mm
Weight
226g (Not Including Packing)
