清乾隆 朱漆彩繪描金福壽如意三聯式五屜蓋盒一對

of crabapple form, each modelled with a quatrelobed box resting on four feet and supporting four trays and a cover of corresponding form, each of the tiered boxes and cover with curved sides lacquered bright cinnabar and painted with a frieze depicting bats hovering near ruyi blooms interlinked with undulating leafy peony scrolls, the sides of the cover decorated with further bats and peony scrolls, the flat top rendered with three scrollwork-bordered interlocking medallions, the 'overlapping' segment framing bats, peony scrolls, tasselled chimes and wan emblems, the stand of corresponding form and modelled with a waisted neck above a cusped apron and four ruyi feet, fashioned after Japanese maki-e lacquer, lacquered dark brown and painted with stylised scrollwork and floral motifs

香港佳士得2008年5月27日，編號1562

此對盒造型獨特，紋飾華麗優雅。朱漆地上以金漆勾勒圖案，予人賞心悅目，喜慶洋溢之感，匠心獨運。彩繪漆器盛行於明末清初，以戧金填漆或彩繪技法作，如此品予漆匠更大的創作空間。

此盒之造型、紋飾，傳世品中未有所見，更顯珍罕。清宮舊藏一件刻乾隆款圓盒，同飾如意及蝙蝠紋，錄於《中國漆器全集》，福州，1993年，圖版127。

各類藝術品中，雙聯樣式屢見不鮮，如此品蓋上之三聯式卻罕見。清宮舊藏一件帶雍正款彩漆描金雲龍紋雙圓盤，曾展於《盛世華章》，倫敦皇家藝術學院，倫敦，2005年，圖版185。一雙聯銅鎏金層盒，原為 A.J. Speelman 舊藏，售於香港蘇富比2015年4月7日，編號118。