Featured I learned something today - Cinnabar!

So once I knew how to tell how identify authentic cinnabar by the layering of lacquer, I picked these up.

I was wondering what style carving this is? I believe it's a lotus.

And if anyone can help date these by what I found?
19C or earlier+Chinese
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-chinese-carved-cinnabar-481896854
19C to 20thC+Chinese
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/21442694_1920th-c-six-chinese-cinnabar-dish
Japanese Meiji(??) which I guess means 19thC to early 20thC
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-japanese-meiji-period-135503420

Thanks!

In the future: should I add the images and copy, so people won't have to open links? Just trying to save some time and not have to cut and paste so much and make such a lengthy post.

 

So real oriental cinnabar is just a pigment in lacquer?

 

Many, many layers of lacquer - the ridges inside the larger petals indicate lacquer - cinnabar is kind of a catch-all for colored lacquer, but cinnabar is red.

Correct me if I'm wrong, please!

 

Well I always thunked real cinnabar woulda been real mercury sulfate chunks which were carved.

 

I would vote for Japanese. I would expect a bit different kind of decoration from the Chinese and some more traditional patterns. Unless it was meant for export.
Don't know about the age. 19th C. is a bit ambitious but it is possible.

 

Lacquerware+cinnabar color
Isn't cinnabar the red mineral with mercury inclusions?

 

It is. But the term cinnabar is usually used for red colored lacquerware, correct or not. You can see descriptions like " carved white cinnabar something..." which totally makes no sense but people gets the idea.