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Lot Essay
No other box of this exact form and decoration bearing this inscription appears to have been published. A Qianlong-marked polychrome lacquer box and cover of the same form, size and decoration but lacking the fu gui bao he mark to the interior of the cover was included in the exhibition Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors, Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2007, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 141.
The current box and cover belongs to a well-known group of boxes with Qianlong reign marks which bear additional four-character inscriptions relating to their intended use or describing the decorative theme.
Compare with a number of boxes in the Palace Museum, Beijing bearing similar four-character inscriptions illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 20. Further examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, were included in the exhibition Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors, op. cit., nos. 105-120, 122-123, 127, 129-137.
The current box and cover belongs to a well-known group of boxes with Qianlong reign marks which bear additional four-character inscriptions relating to their intended use or describing the decorative theme.
Compare with a number of boxes in the Palace Museum, Beijing bearing similar four-character inscriptions illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 20. Further examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, were included in the exhibition Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors, op. cit., nos. 105-120, 122-123, 127, 129-137.