A large Chinese cinnabar lacquer three-colours 'peach' box and cover, Qianlong period, the box shaped as a peach, finely carved to the cover with a scholar and attendant in a wooded landscape within a border decorated with cranes and bats amidst clouds, the base carved with border of bats and clouds above crashing waves, 17cm wideSome professional overpainting to areas - particularly where the lid joins the base, professional restoration to a crack that runs from just below the base up and round the rim into the interior, some signs of cleaning present. Additional minor splits and wear to body exterior - particularly around one bat and another through a crane. Examined under UV.