A large Chinese cinnabar red lacquer circular box and cover

A large Chinese cinnabar red lacquer circular box and cover
Late Qing dynasty (1644-1912)
The shaped box carved deeply through the lacquer, the cover with an intricate pattern of figures and pavillions in a pine-strewn mountainous river-landscape, the sides of the cover and the box carved with dragons chasing the flaming pearl against turbulent cloud scrolls
38 cm. diam.