A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER 'IMMORTAL' PEACH FORM BOXES AND COVERS 18th century (4)A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER 'IMMORTAL' PEACH FORM BOXES AND COVERS18th centuryEach domed cover carved with a central cartouche respectively depicting Li Tieguai riding a large double gourd, and Lu Dongbin riding a leaf, atop a sea of waves, each scene within a border of bats with interlocking wings, encircled by a honeycomb pattern, the box decorated en-suite, the interior and base lacquered black.11.5cm (4 1/2in) long (4).Compare with a similar pair of peach-shaped boxes and covers with Daoist Immortals, Qianlong, which was presented by the Qianlong emperor to Lord Macartney's Embassy of 1792-1794, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, p.865, nos.1988-1989.