A RUBY RED-OVERLAY 'SHOU' GLASS BOX AND COVER, QING China, 1820-1920 or earlier*. The rounded box rising from a short foot ring, the domed cover deftly carved through the ruby-red layer with a shou character in the center and five bats along the sides, above three peaches, three pomegranates and two Buddha hand citrons, all on a transparent white bubble-suffused ground. Provenance: British private collection. Condition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws, minimal nibbles, a small chip (1.2 cm long) to the lip of the cover, and some open bubbles, mostly to the foot ring. Weight: 338.3 g Dimensions: Diameter 10.4 cm Four-character Qianlong mark in overlay to base. The lips of the box and the cover as well as the foot ring are carved from the overlay glass as well. * There is a distant chance that this box was made before 1820, even towards the end of the Qianlong period (c. 1780-1790), and therefore could be mark and period, however the intricately incised rhombic pattern to the background would be rather unusual for the period. Therefore, we chose to date this piece more conservatively. 霏雪地寶石紅套料蓋盒，清代 中國，1820-1920 或更早。圓形的盒子，短圈足，圓頂狀盒霏雪地上套紅寶石料，紅料巧妙的雕成壽字，側面有五個蝙蝠，上面三個桃子，三個石榴和兩個佛手。 來源：英國私人收藏 品相：品相良好，輕微磨損和製作缺陷，小的磕損，蓋的邊緣有小裂縫（長1.2厘米）和一些開孔的氣泡，主要在圈足周圍。 重量：338.3 克 尺寸：直徑 10.4 厘米