The circular box is heavily carved through the cinnabar lacquer with flowering peony branches.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 144

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from H. Longden, from the Antique Dealers’ Fair, London, 10 June 1959 (£36)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2