Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior tiny brushes probably mid-20th century and Coushatta

probably mid-20th century and Coushatta (Southeast U

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

but I can't discern the rest of the letters

It is in great vintage condition with a lovely patina

Antique Finely Carved Large Chinese Cinnabar Box with Blue Enameled Interior tiny brushes probably mid-20th century and CoushattaI 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