The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon Nesting Doll 5pc./6"

Artist Mikhail Yudin captures the whimsical in this unique conversation piece. The brown cow that grazes by day is stirred in her sleep by the moon's gravity. Does she make it to the moon in actuality, or only in her dreams? How might this be an interpretation of your life? Enjoy hours of debate with your guests.

Production Techniques: Hand Painting. This nesting doll was carved in the Upper Volga region, the Russian center of nesting doll carving. The carved pieces were assembled, doll inside a doll, and then delivered to the Golden Cockerel workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia. Our artists painstakingly hand paint every detail, beginning with backgrounds and moving to the finer elements that require a brush of very select Siberian squirrel hair. It is daunting to think of the time and talent invested in each of the nesting pieces! Finally we baptize each doll in multiple layers of non-toxic water-based lacquer to make a marvelous matryoshka that will delight children and collectors. The bottom of the largest doll gets stamped with Golden Cockerel's "Made in Russia " mark of nesting doll quality, initialed by the artist, and dated like a true collectible. We can only hope you will give it a good home.