Artist: Kotov
"Troyka"
Size: 2 4/5x1 4/5x1 2/5" / 7x4.5x3.5 cm

The subject is very popular in miniature painting. Do you remember what Nicolai Gogol told about troyka?

"Eh, thou troika, thou that art a bird! Who conceived thee? Methinks only among a spirited folk that thou could have come into being. In the land that is not fond of doing things by halves, but has evenly and smoothly spread itself out over half the world. Therefore try and count its milestones until they turn to spots before the eyes! Far from cunningly contrived is the vehicle the troika draws; held together with no screws of iron art thou, but hastily, with a slam and a bang, wert thou put together and fitted by some handy Muzhik of Yaroslav, with nothing but an ax and a chisel. "

The box is painted on papier-mache base by tempera paints and with gold. The box is finely finished with special lacquer.