LOT 268A
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Lot 268A
A GROUP OF INTERESTING RUSSIAN LACQUER HAND PAINTED PLAQUES, PALEKH, 1956. Comprising two large rectangular plaques, one decorated with cows surrounded with a border of dragons, the other of birds in flight surrounded with birds on a red ground. Together with two horizontal rectangular plaques depicting floral still lifes. Each artist signed and dated 1956. Largest 4.75 inches x 7.75 inches (12 x 20 cm).
Estimate:
$150 - 250
The offered plaques were produced together with a group created as replacements during the restoration of the study of Peter the Great’s Monplaisir summer residence at Peterhof, by the best Palekh artists of the 1950’s.
For similar examples, see Monika Kopplin, “Russian Lacquer Art From Two Centuries” Wienand Publishing, Koln, Germany, 1995, exhibition catalog page 8.
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