The application of the gold paint is so smooth and even that it could only have been applied by a master's hand. Gold and aluminum paints are used to paint a frame for the scene. The filigree that wraps around the sides of the box is intricate and well balanced. This too lends to the aesthetics of this great painting. The box is made out of paper-mache from the Kholuy village.
Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and red lacquer to paint the interior of the piece.
The box has no hinge and rests on four rounded feet. Upon completing the artwork on this piece the artist writes Kholuy, the title, and his name at the bottom of the composition.