The colors are very bold and contrast each other well, which creates dynamic variations in tone. The palette uses browns, oranges, reds, yellows, and to create the contrast cool blues and greens are used. The artist implements icon painting techniques that allow for multiple scenes from different time periods to take place at once, and allow for spatial and perspectives to be distorted. Fine detail work and precise craftsmanship is evident in the application of the gold paint, which is found throughout the majority of the painting. The box is constructed out of paper-mache made in the village of Palekh.
Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and red lacquer to paint the interior of the box.
Gold decoration frames the scene and wraps around the sides of the box. The decoration is fine, intricate, and creates a solid and formal atmosphere for the box. The box has a hinge located above the composition and rests on a flat bottom.