Museum-Quality Kholuy Lacquer Box – “The North” – USSR 1984 Authentic Russian lacquer box from the renowned Kholuy school, one of the four officially recognized centers of Soviet lacquer miniature art. This piece is accompanied by its original factory certificate and awarded a 1st Grade Diploma, the highest quality classification within Soviet factory production. The hand-painted scene, titled “Sever / The North”, depicts elegant cranes flying above a northern Russian landscape with traditional wooden architecture and churches. Executed in tempera on papier-mâché, enriched with fine gold detailing and protected by multiple lacquer layers. This is not a tourist souvenir, but a documented, high-grade Soviet art object.