The top of this box is carved in high relief on a green ground with lychee fruit in red, superimposed with bees and other insects and leaves in tones of green and red. The sides have diaper work. Sotheby’s had catalogued this as Kangxi, but Sparks gave it an early Qianlong date.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 148

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 22 April 1959 (£44 with Ch170); sold Sotheby’s, London, 17 March 1959, part lot 110 (with Ch170)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2