20 Pcs Vintage Russian Nesting Doll Mistress Of Cooper Mount Signed Early 90-s

  

This beautiful hand painted nesting doll from our personal Russian Folk Art collection of 40 years presents the Great Legend From Ural Mountains by Pavel Bazhov "The Mistress of Cooper Mount" This 20 nest set painted with rich emerald color by Russian Artist Igor Stepanov from Sergiev Posad features all. Excellent condition from non smoking house. Once upon a time there was an artist-daydreamer named Danila.

Danila began to show unusual promise. Unlike most masons thereabouts, who had a man-made idea and imposed it on the stone, he seemed to be able to see what lay within the stone and bring it to life. He had an eye for everything that was breathtakingly beautiful. One day, he heard about The Stone Flower. The Stone Flower was somewhere within Copper Mountain, under the dominion of a sprite known as its Mistress. She alone engendered perfection in the craftsmen who pledged alleigance to her, and set eyes on the Flower. No other craftsman could hope to come close. Poor Danila: he became obsessed. He would never have perfection, he knew, until he had seen the Stone Flower.

His boss told him to marry a pretty woman and forget. Katya was all a man could wish for, a second self.

But on the eve of his wedding he could not help himself. He went looking for the Mistress of Copper Mountan. He came home that night in a strange mood: and on the morning of their wedding, he vanished without a trace. Three years passed, and they were monochrome for Katya.

One day she went wondering and came to the same place Danila had wept, years before. She came face to face with the Mistress herself. My Danila back, Katya replied. And so the Mistress summoned Danila.

Danila sighed a heavy sigh. I think about Katya every minute of every day, he said. I can bear it no longer. And he walked to Katyas side.

They walked away, hand in hand, and never looked back at Copper Mountain. But when Danila began to turn stone in the little workshop which was the hub of the couples business he found his skills were unblemished. He had put his second self first, and been accorded the ability to create perfection in partnership with her.

And that is where we leave them, carving stone together in the distant mountains of a slightly enchanted mountain range. I would like to learn secondhand what Danila took three harsh lonely years to learn: that perfection is hollow without those we love. We will leave feedback once we receive feedback. The item "20 PCS VINTAGE RUSSIAN NESTING DOLL MISTRESS OF COOPER MOUNT SIGNED EARLY 90-S" is in sale since Thursday, April 20, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Russian".

The seller is "russianwonderland" and is located in Bellevue, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country of Manufacture: Russian Federation