18th/19th century|The top finely incised and gilt on a red lacquer ground in the centre with a rosette medallion bordered by ruyi-heads, feathery lotus leaves and bats, all within a key-fret border, the sides similarly incised with lotus framed by angular archaistic scrolls, the interior and base lacquered black. 43cm (17in) diam. (2).|十八/十九世紀 填漆纏枝福蓮紋葵瓣蓋盒Provenance: a distinguished European private collection來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏A similarly-shaped qianjin lacquer box, Qing dynasty, decorated with dragons, is illustrated by P.Frick in Chinesische Lackkunst, 2010, Munster, 2010, pl.54, p.106.