One of a Kind Fedoskino Russian Lacquer Box "Lukomorye" By Dimitry Rogatov

This is a lacquer box  painted by the Fedoskino artist Dimitry Rogatov. This is a work painted by him in 2006 now has decided to sell it. Dimitry is the younger brother of the artist Sergey Rogatov who boxes sell for several thousands of dollars. Dimitry is a graduate of Fedoskino School of Russian Lacquer Mineratures the second oldest school of the four lacquer box art schools. This work here is titled "Lukomorye"a fictional land in Russian Folklore and History. The toponym "Sea Bend" (лÑ?ка моÑ?Ñ?, luka morya) and the derivations: lukomorye, lukomorians, etc., has been applied to various geographical locations.^[1] It is mentioned in The Tale of Igor's Campaign and the Russian chronicles. According to the chronicles Lukomorye was inhabited by the nomadic Polovtsy people, and the researchers locate it the region north of the Sea of Azov, where Polovtsy lived in the 11th—12th centuries ^×