A pair of small gilt-decorated lacquer boxes and covers, Qing dynasty, dated Daoguang twenty-fourth year, corresponding to 1844 | 清道光二十四年（1844年） 朱漆描金人物故事圖蓋盒一對

A pair of small gilt-decorated lacquer boxes and covers

Qing dynasty, dated Daoguang twenty-fourth year, corresponding to 1844

清道光二十四年（1844年） 朱漆描金人物故事圖蓋盒一對

the interior of the covers of each with Daoguang ershisi nian wu yue shiwu ri guangdong xiepai zao (made by Guangdong Xiepai Department in the fifteenth day of the fifth month in the Daoguang twenty-fourth year), corresponding to 1844 in gilt

Diameter of larger 8 cm, 3⅛ in.