QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The top of the cover is carved with a panel of peach shape, deeply carved with a jubaopen, 'basket of treasures', illuminating a large character chun, 'spring', decorated with a roundel enclosing Shoulao and a deer in landscape.

Compare with a larger example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, no.61.