This box is in the form of an aubergine or eggplant with tendrils and foliage in green relief on a red ground. The fruit is carved with lozenge-shaped cells.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 149

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 3 June 1959 (£14)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2