Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box with Character for Spring (Chun) and God of Longevity (Shoulao) middle eastern printed by The Bobbs-Merrill Company

printed by The Bobbs-Merrill Company in the 20s-early 30s (last copyright is 1903)

Living in horse country may be rubbing off on me

The vase measures 10 3/4" tall with a diameter of 4 3/4" at base

predominately black and white pattern

Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box with Character for Spring (Chun) and God of Longevity (Shoulao) middle eastern printed by The Bobbs-Merrill CompanyThis 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