QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

A very similar circular red lacquer box nearly identical in size, and carved with a 'hundred boys' shown chasing a kui, riding hobby horses, and playing music, also with a metal body, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 18-19, pl. 10. Another similar box, also with a metal body, was sold at Christie’s New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 997.