Featured on this lovely plate is a scene from the "Tale of Tsar Saltan," a folklore poem written by Alexander Pushkin. The composer Rimsky-Korsakov was so inspired by the poem that he wrote an opera based on it. Here, the artist has captured that inspiring beauty by his own means, creating a simultaneously lifelike and whimsical image. Similarly wonderful plates can be found in the rest of the Russian Fairytales in Porcelain collection. The plate is designed and made in Russia, based on a lacquered original, using rare paints and natural gold. Like others in this series, quantities are limited