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M'stera Lacquer Boxes
M'stera lacquer boxes appeared in the settlement of M'stera (Vladimir Oblast) in the early 20th century on the basis of a local icon-painting handicraft. The M'stera painting technology was borrowed from the Fedoskino artists. The M'stera miniatures usually represent characters from real life, folklore, literary and history works. Warmth and gentleness of colors, depth of landscape backgrounds (often with blue dales in the back), small size and squatness of human figurines, and subtlety of framing pattern done in gold are typical for the M'stera miniature.
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