Description
This piece
The plate/dish measures about 6
The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues
Very good vintage condition--a bit of aging to the wood and paint
Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior antique work on paper This pieceI am amazed by the fineness of so many Chinese antiques, and the more I look at real Chinese Cinnabar carving, the more amazed I am. This unusually large box would have been entirely carved by hand, then coated with many successive layers of lacquer. Cinnabar takes its name from the red mineral, a form of mercury sulfide, used to dye the lacquer (while the other colors have sometimes been used, red is most common, most likely due to the association of
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