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March 26, 2012
Originally written as a ballet, Denmark's Hans Christian Andersen gave us Den Lille Havfrue, "The Little Seawoman;" ~KnyazevSergey, from the village of Fedoskino, responds with The Little Mermaid, a masterwork of Russian lacquer art employing oil paint on papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlays, gold and silver metal leaf inlays, silver powder, and gold paint.
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Mermaid

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This box shows a fantastic world of the tale Mermaid written by Hans Christian Andersen. The three-dimensional effect is achieved with the help mother-of-pearl inlays that shine with a variety of undertones, lustrous gold and silver metal leaf inlays, silver powder, gold paint and a special layer upon layer method of painting.
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