A polychrome lacquer 'pomegranates' box and coverQianlongThe cover finely carved to the top with a central medallion of three cinnabar red pomegranates decorated with a floral diaper pattern and borne out of leafy and gnarled tendrils, a small bee resting atop, all raised on a black ground carved with an earth diaper pattern, the cinnabar red sides with further diapers, the base finely incised with a large stylised lotus flowerhead enclosing a wan symbol.7.5cm (3in) diam. (2).