Daoguang seal mark and of the period|Of circular form, carved in high relief to the domed cover with a wrathful five-clawed dragon with movable tongue, the scale and manes detailed in gilt, striding amidst billowing clouds in pursuit of a moving flaming pearl above foaming and crashing waves to the foot, all reserved on a densely carved coral ground with swirls highlighted in gilt, the interior enamelled in turquoise. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) diam. (2).|清道光 珊瑚紅釉描金雕盤龍趕珠印盒「大清道光年製」篆書款Provenance: an English private collection來源： 英國私人收藏The present lot, with its delicately carved exterior and movable flaming pearl and dragons tongue is very rare. A rectangular box with similarly delicately carved cover with dragons in high relief, Guangxu mark and of the period, is illustrated by H.A.Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Lochem, 1977, p.77, pl.97.