Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior Yugoslavia I have not found another

I have not found another quite like it

The design on the sides of the box mimics a woodgrain pattern and is in deeper relief

with just a few very tiny dark spots

pin holes in the upper corners

The body and wings feature incised / pressed textural feather details

Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior Yugoslavia I have not found anotherI 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