This was made in China for the Japanese market, the circular cinnabar lacquer button has five segments and is carved with cell, swastika and key-fret patterns. It is also inlaid in mother-of-pearl, malachite, stained green ivory, horn and carnelian, in the form of a peach spray and a fan.

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 H. Longden, 11 June 1958 (£6)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2