"Faith" jewelry box

''Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt''

- William Shakespeare

This box is made of paper-mache and hand-painted in Uzbek traditions of ornamental painting. Please notice that the quality of the paper-mache is very high. It is durable and it is processed to have a smooth surface (versus "wrinkly" surface). The box is covered with several layers of lacquer for shine and protection. The central golden part of the lid as well as the golden parts of the sides of the box were created by laying a thin golden foil and then painting on top of it. This particular box was touched with genuine gold leaf.

Each box is signed and dated by an artist who made it. In this case, this is a work of Koshib Omonov.