Featured Three tier Lacquer box Signed. Russian?

Hi all I bought this beautiful three tier box today and hopefully ID the artist?
It stands 5" tall, made of wood.
Sadly the lower drawer has a break
Mikey

 

here are some more pics from in the sunlight.

 

That looks stunning!!!!! And either very new or very well cared for....except for the broken lower draw! Is it easily repairable??

 

Thanks Aquitaine, I'm sure it probably could be repaired. maybe not by me.

 

Ouch!!! I completely missed seeing that....kinda looks like something maybe gnawed at it!!! But I bet it could be fixed!!

 

The drawer slides out very easily. I think it got dropped. I almost dropped it a few times carrying it around the store.

 

I am seeing the term Palekh. Some are just gorgeous.
Mikey

 

Sorry, can't help you better

 

Thank you anyway

 

Mikey, I wish I could read what it says on the top of your lovely Russian box!



For what it's worth, this is a site I've used before to get a bit of info about these items:

Tradestone Gallery - Lacquer Box Guide

 

it says Troika. In Russian.

 

It says Nanex Troika BA

 

In my recent research, I found troika is the sleigh. Here is a link to similar marked box with a small snippet of information
VINTAGE RUSSIAN HAND PAINTED NANEX LACQUER BOX SIGNED BY ARTIST | eBay
SIGNED NANEX ,, ALSO M.A ..PLUS ANOTHER SIGNATURE...THIS PIECE IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH THREE TRIANGLE FEET TO SIT ON..A MADE IN USSR STICKER ON BACK APT..40TP..I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS...

 

So the initials must be the artist?
Mikey

 

I learned about these boxes here after buying a handful at a sale. Lots of Russian fables and fairy tales are depicted on them. There is a pretty good market for them. Particularly the older egg tempera painted ones. Palekh is where these were and still are made mostly but also has become the general term for the art form it seems.

 

The word at the left is not Nanex. It is the word "Palekh" in Cyrillic letters. I am using my phone right now and don't have easy access to type those letters. Generally on Russian lacquerware boxes, the city of origin is on the left ; the title of the picture is in the middle, often in quotation marks; and the name of the person who painted it is on the right. Sometimes the name is just initials. The painters are often company employees, not identifiable. I see this is all identified already. The BA on the right would probably be the Cyrillic letters for VA. I say "probably" only because I have not enlarged the letters on my phone screen to verify what thay are. (I have looked just now and verified the initials are V. A.)

Lovely box!

 

Yes...

 

Thank you!

The site might be acting up again...I didn't see the notification that you tagged me. It's not in my list. On the other hand, everybody else took care of helping.

 

Another person trying to interpret the Cyrillic alphabet as the Roman/Latin alphabet. That one is also from Palekh and the initials in this case are M.L.