Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior antique work on paper an allusion to long life)

an allusion to long life)

with an all-over pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of the lacquer as well some chips particularly around the edges

and I love him all the more for the wear

Super Bauhaus in sensibility

Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior antique work on paper an allusion to long life)I 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