A pair of Chinese red lacquer double-gourd wall vases carved with shaped cartouches of figures among trees and rockwork on ground of swastikas -- 8½.in.high; a square box and cover with canted corners carved with figures in a boat in a mountainous river landscape -- 7¾.in.wide; another box and cover of similar shape, carved with a figure crossing a bridge beside further figures near a pavilion within a key-pattern border -- 7.in.wide; a circular box and cover carved with birds and squirrels among flowering foliage -- 9¾.in.diam; and a circular dish carved with fruitsprays among flowers and foliage -- 11¼.in.diam. (6)

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A pair of Chinese red lacquer double-gourd wall vases carved with shaped cartouches of figures among trees and rockwork on ground of swastikas -- 8½.in.high; a square box and cover with canted corners carved with figures in a boat in a mountainous river landscape -- 7¾.in.wide; another box and cover of similar shape, carved with a figure crossing a bridge beside further figures near a pavilion within a key-pattern border -- 7.in.wide; a circular box and cover carved with birds and squirrels among flowering foliage -- 9¾.in.diam; and a circular dish carved with fruitsprays among flowers and foliage -- 11¼.in.diam. (6)

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