“Serenity” teal, black and cream hand painted lacquer jewelry box

UzbekAlive owes its beginning to hand painted lacquer boxes made of papier-mâché .

The inspiration came around 2000 from Koshib Omonov, Uzbek artist of lacquer painting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The first version of UzbekAlive website was entirely devoted to lacquer hand painted boxes. Slowly we expanded into ikat fabrics, ikat pillow covers, silk scarves and other cultural treasures Uzbekistan offers.

Over the years these jewelry boxes have touched many hearts around the world. We have customers who ordered such hand painted jewelry boxes as gifts for their bridesmaids – an artist customized jewelry boxes by writing names of a newlywed couple on the backside of a lid. People in love used our jewelry boxes to propose to their loved ones. Fathers bought our jewelry boxes for their teenage daughters as their first jewelry box. Whatever the occasion these jewelry boxes win hearts with their beauty and intricate details of painting and make unique and unforgettable gifts.

Art by Koshib Omonov is also presented in Hand Painted Barrettes category.

"Gardens of paradise" barrette

SKU H918
$29.99
In stock: 1 available
Product Details
Care instructions: Clean with a soft dry cloth. If soiled, use a damp cloth and immediate dry the surface with a soft cloth.
Dimension (inches): 4.3” x 1.2”
Dimension (cm): 11cm x 2.9cm

The idea of courtyards is very important in Islamic architecture. Poets described courtyards as places resembling gardens of paradise. Traditional Uzbek homes are structures to have a garden as a center with the living premises surrounding it.

In this particular barrette the garden is broken down into four essential parts, each smoothly transforming into another. The red parts represent gardens with blooming flowers while the blue parts are water fountains.

Part of the border and flower stems of the barrette were painted in liquid bronze, which will not fade with time. The barrette was covered with several layers of lacquer for shine and protection.

This barrette has 3 levels of metal clip adjustment. It can be worn by ladies with both thin and thick hair due to this adjustment feature.


This is a hand painted barrette that was touched with liquid bronze and covered with several layers of lacquer for shine and protection.

This barrette like most of the barrettes sold by UzbekAlive has 3 levels of metal clip adjustment. Due to this adjustment feature ladies with both thin and thick hair can wear our barrettes.



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