Bidspirit auction | RUSSIAN PAPER MACHE 12.5cm x

RUSSIAN PAPER MACHE 12.5cm x 9cm (Hand Painted) BOX Signed (Old). (Paper mache began in China, with the first examples dating back to the Han Dynasty (BC 202 – AD 220). They used it to make helmets and coated the paper mache in many layers of lacquer to toughen it. It was also used for every day objects like pots lids)