清乾隆 文竹雕福壽雙全雙環式蓋盒

superbly carved in the form of two conjoined circular boxes resting on a short foot, the flat top of the cover carved to simulate two interlinked roundels, one of them centred with a medallion enclosing a shou character and carved with two outstretched bats amidst lingzhi-shaped clouds, the other with two large lotus blossoms issuing from meandering stems, all surrounded by a bevelled border of pendent petal lappets, the corresponding sides of the box and cover similarly decorated with soaring bats and lotus scrolls respectively, all above a further bevelled border enclosing upright petal lappets above the short recessed foot, traces of aged label to base reading 'Exposition Retrospective de Lyon'

Gerard Hawthorn Ltd.，倫敦

《Oriental Works of Art》，Gerard Hawthorn Ltd.，2000年，編號93

本品蓋盒，精美細緻，雙環之式，交疊聯扣，取「雙全」之音，寓意吉祥。此類文竹蓋盒，品級尤高，屬御作之品。可參考一菱形蓋盒例，清宮舊藏，現存北京故宮博物院，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集·竹木牙角雕刻》，香港，2002年，圖版72。細觀之，其質地、包漿、浮雕技法，皆與本品相類，唯所雕紋樣有異。

可參考一雍正漆盤例，飾蒼龍環壽紋，藏北京故宮博物院，錄《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集·清代漆器》，香港，2006年，圖版105。

竹黃技法，需取竹內之表層，貼於木胎之上，而後施淺浮雕，飾之以紋樣。竹內表層色淺，而木胎色深，故所成之紋，深淺有致，層次頓明；所得之品，精巧秀雅，玲瓏可人。