THREE MINIATURE RUSSIAN HAND PAINTED AND LACQUERED BOXES, LATE 20TH CENTURY the first of oval form depicting a lady in raffia skirt strumming a ukulele by a tropical shore, with mother-of-pearl backing illuminating the moon's reflection on the water underneath the painted surface, signed "Y. Belov 1994" to front and inscribed under lid "Made in Russia / Yu. Belov / # 6 11, September 1994 / (c) Nicolai Gurgeiff", 1 3/8" x 4 3/4" x 2 1/2"; the second entitled "Scarlet Flower," depicting a man and woman holding a red flower to lid, artist signed in Russian, 1 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"; the third entitled "Rendezvous," depicting two courting couples in a landscape, artist signed to lid in Russian, 1 3/8" x 2 3/8" x 2 3/8."