Qianlong six-character mark and of the period The cover with rounded sides crisply carved through red, dark green and yellow layers of lacquer with a large chun 'spring' character above a large lobed dish filled with treasures in the centre within a red, yellow and dark green radiating panel, a circular window carved with a seated Shoulao centred in the chun character, all flanked by two five-clawed dragons amidst ruyi-clouds against a wan-diaper ground, both rounded sides of the cover and box exquisitely carved with the Eight Buddhist Treasures between four lobed cartouches centred with shou characters in different scripts and flanked by two bats amidst lotus scrolls, the interior and base lacquered black, the box raised on a short sturdy foot, the base with a gilt six-character reign mark Daqing qianlong nianzhi and four characters reading chunshou baohe. 38cm (15in) diam. (2).