A large cinnabar lacquer peach-shaped box and cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, circa 1780 清乾隆 約1780年 剔紅亭臺高士圖三多紋桃式蓋盒

An old English collection.

英國舊藏

A similar pair is in the Royal Collection, acquired by the Prince of Wales on the instruction of Queen Mary in 1921, illustrated by John Ayers in Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol. III, London, 2016, pl. 1991/2; another in the Taipei Palace Museum is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquerware, Taipei, 1971, pl. 45.

英國皇室藏一對相類例，威爾士親王及瑪麗皇后於1921年購入，圖見艾爾斯，《英國皇室收藏之中國及日本藝術》，冊三，倫敦，2016年，圖版1991/2。台北故宮博物院亦藏一例，載於《故宮雕漆噐選萃》，台北，1971年，圖版45。