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<p>[QUOTE="dude, post: 3296673, member: 13170"]<font face="Arial"><font size="6">The kind of great feedback on this one is what keeps me hooked on this site. Here's what I have in summary so far with all of your help. Please set me straight if any part is incorrect . . </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6">- It's a Modern (1990 on) egg-based tempera painted, Palekh-style papier-mâché box from Mstera, Russia.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6">- <font face="Arial"><font size="6">The first word signed is the village northeast of Moscow and one of the Russian art centers, Mstera (which confuses me because I thought the Russian word for this village is мстерия, and that's not exactly what's on the box).</font></font></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6">The sig continues, "конек-горбуное," or "The Little Humpbacked Horse" in English, a19th-century tale and the subject matter of the painting. </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6">-Finally, the artist's initials А.Ю. (A. Yu.) are there. I wonder who that can be?</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="6">My biggest question: What's the value $$ range for this "small"?</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dude, post: 3296673, member: 13170"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6]The kind of great feedback on this one is what keeps me hooked on this site. Here's what I have in summary so far with all of your help. Please set me straight if any part is incorrect . . - It's a Modern (1990 on) egg-based tempera painted, Palekh-style papier-mâché box from Mstera, Russia. - [FONT=Arial][SIZE=6]The first word signed is the village northeast of Moscow and one of the Russian art centers, Mstera (which confuses me because I thought the Russian word for this village is мстерия, and that's not exactly what's on the box).[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=6]The sig continues, "конек-горбуное," or "The Little Humpbacked Horse" in English, a19th-century tale and the subject matter of the painting. -Finally, the artist's initials А.Ю. (A. Yu.) are there. I wonder who that can be? My biggest question: What's the value $$ range for this "small"?[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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