A pair of cinnabar lacquer circular boxes and covers


QianlongThe first lid carved in low relief with an attendant opening a villa for a waiting scholar official, with a riverscape in the background, the ground finely carved with various diaper patterns, the sides and box with a wide key-fret border; the second lid similarly carved but with two sages conversing in a bamboo forest.9cm (3 1/2in) diam. (4).