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Message:: [QUOTE="nastina.nastea, post: 11410556, member: 81895"]The Russian lacquer box could be modern, could be 10-15 years old, but not very old. It is signed "Л.К.", but it is almost impossible to find author by these initials. Most of Russian lacquer boxes depict scenes from Russian fairy tales and epics (if they are not pre-revolution pieces). Before revolution boxes would depict different scenes, like scenes from village life or people of different trades, after revolution many themes became taboo and drawing fairy tales scenes was the most secure and neutral option. The more complex the scene design and the more details it contains, the more expensive the work will cost (first photo). The older boxes are more valuable (but not because of the age only, but because they were painted by old masters, who in their majority were monks). If you compare the technique of painting at Russian icons and lacquer boxes you would see the similarities, because some monks (that were not killed by communists) started to paint such souvenirs, as church was generally destroyed. However even modern piece could be very expensive if it is complex in its design (second photo).And as [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] already said the Persian one is Kashmiri and the Japanese one is actually European.[ATTACH=full]542862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]542863[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]