A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL-SECTION MOULDED 'BOYS' BOX AND COVER

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL-SECTION MOULDED 'BOYS' BOX AND COVER

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Brightly decorated in enamels and gilt, the cover with a roundel enclosing nine children at play in a garden pavilion, the scene surrounded by the Bajixiang set amidst ribbons, with five bats and a fruiting peach branch amongst clouds to the box, the interior and base glazed turquoise, with the reign mark highlighted in gilt, 7.3cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.