Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box with Character for Spring (Chun) and God of Longevity (Shoulao) leapord this one has a wonderfully

this one has a wonderfully warm patina

which I’d guess dates from the 40s or 50s

Just a charming little vintage trinket box made of paper mache in the shape of a turtle and lacquered in gold and black

whose credits included performing as a Copacabana girl in New York with the likes of Frank Sinatra

as if he's just woken from a nap

Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box with Character for Spring (Chun) and God of Longevity (Shoulao) leapord this one has a wonderfullyThis lovely, finely carved antique Chinese cinnabar box features a large representation of the character for spring (chun, an allusion to long life), and a small image of Shoulao, the god of longevity, on its face, with an overflowing bowl below it set against a background of radiating rainbows. This "bowl of treasures" design apparently first appeared in the 16th century, but became famous and more complicated when an extraordinary series of boxes