A tour-de-force icons doll from the early 1990s, when the doors and windows of glasnost and perestroika began to open, though long before commercial languor began to set in. Most of the paintings are two-sided with an additional painting on the top of the doll. The head doll depicts Oranta, the prayer stance of the Mother of God, her arms outstretched in prayer. Another large painting depicts Thomas doubting the Lord Jesus with Philip and Thomas and Matthew as witnesses. The top shows Christ disappearing into heaven within a mandorla upheld by angels. All this just on the first doll! Subsequent icons and saints include the Entry into Jerusalem, the Crucifixion, the Transfiguration, the Raising of Lazarus, the Deesis, the Holy Trinity and more details as the paintings become smaller. The artist's paintings invoke the medieval Novgorod style from 1,000 years ago through the 14th century. Brilliant lacquer finish.
Signed by V. Karnachyov, c. 1993. From 9" to 1", 10 nest. One-of-a-kind.
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