A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER QUATREFOIL 'MYTHICAL BEAST' BOX AND COVER Qianlong The box and cover with straight sides rising to a flat cover top, finely carved within the thick beaded edge with three mythical beasts among tumultuous waves, their features and manes finely incised, turbulent waves crashing and foaming beneath their claws, the sides with hexagonal brocade pattern repeated on the box, the interior and base black. 15.4cm (6 1/8in) wide. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 剔紅海獸紋海棠式蓋盒 See a pair of Imperial red and green lacquer boxes and covers, Qianlong, with similar design of mythical beasts, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.III, London, 2016, nos.1971 and 1972. See also a related carved cinnabar lacquer lobed 'dragon-fish' box and cover, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 278. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com