Pair of Russian Iconographic Miniature Lacquer Trinket Boxes

Pair of Russian miniature lacquer trinket boxes in papier-mache, each featuring a hand-painted religious iconographic scene against a high-gloss black ground. One box depicts the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child, while the other illustrates the Entry into Jerusalem with a Cyrillic inscription along the lower edge of the lid reading VXOD. The boxes are finished with traditional cinnabar red interiors and gold scrolling foliate borders. The base of one box retains a white adhesive label reading Made in Russia. Dimensions: 1.75"W x 1.25"H Weight: 2. oz Condition Request Condition Report Good.

Estimation:€17.79

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