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Chow Chow

Reference #

10102

Price

$65.00

Uniquely hand-painted Russian lacquer box made from strong and durable paper-mache in an oval shape. It measures 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 inches, signed by a Russian artist Yu. Belov. A head of pretty Chow-Chow dog is depicted on the cover of the box. This exceptional HAND PAINTED ART lacquer box was painted and lacquered in our own workshop. First, paper fibers are turned to a perfect papier-maché. This is then pressed into the required form, then heated in a special oven, and polished. It is subsequently coated with varnish, and polished and dried again. The further steps require coating with several layers of black lacquer (red inside the box), and again drying and polishing. Now, each box is coated with another few layers of carefully applied lacquer and painted with many thin layers of paint, which creates the unique luminous "lighting" effect. Then it is heated in the oven again and covered with 6 or 7 layers of transparent lacquer.

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