Delicate and Intense Antique Cased Watercolor Portrait of Young Child yun-de lacquer box Cinnabar takes its name from

Cinnabar takes its name from the red mineral

Ink on board

when closed 11 1/4" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 1 9/16" deep

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Delicate and Intense Antique Cased Watercolor Portrait of Young Child yun-de lacquer box Cinnabar takes its name fromThis to me very much has the ethereal and otherworldly qualities of a daguerreotype of a painted portrait, though it is a miniature watercolor, unmediated by a camera. Such a fantastic intensity achieved through the most delicate means barely there but completely present, and with the deep blue of the eyes cast to one side making it seem that this child is witnessing something quite phenomenal. Mid 19th c. I believe, better in person, and to my