清乾隆 剔紅山水人物紋方蓋盒

with rounded and indented corners, intricately carved to the center with two scholars and a young acolyte, seated under a pine tree along a lush riverbank observing a waterfall, the sides with four shaped floral reserves, repeated on the lower section, all on a diaper ground and supported on a low foot, the interior and base lacquered in black (2)

One side of cover broken and restored. Restoration and consolidation to rims.
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A lacquer box of this form in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Pei, Zhongguo Gudai Diao Qi Jin Di Yishu Zhi Yanjui, pp. 294-195, and also on pp. 304-305, a Qianlong mark and period circular box carved with a similar scene.