A RARE GILT-LACQUERED RECTANGULAR DOCUMENT BOX AND COVER Yongzheng Exquisitely decorated around the exterior of the box and cover with gilt floral and butterfly roundels, the red lacquer visible underneath, applied with a pair of metal bracket handles and a large shaped lock-plate, fitted box. 39cm (15 1/4in) wide. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清雍正 褐漆描金團花紋蓋盒 The design of medallions is typical of designs on gilt-decorated black lacquer of the Yongzheng and mid Qing era; see for example a rectangular box with embossed lacquer designs of roundels and floral motifs, mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2006, p.197, no.148. See also a red lacquer case with design of roundels in the Qing Court Collection, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in ibid., p.76, no.52. The design of roundels on lacquer may have been influenced by Japanese lacquer and design. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com