Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior tiny brushes Nice and big

Nice and big

So I would guess it was a woman who did these designs

It is in great vintage condition with a lovely patina

but I can't discern the rest of the letters

but overall this piece is in great condition and really a marvelous piece

Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior tiny brushes Nice and bigI 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