Page 190 - China's Renaissance in Bronze, The Robert H.CIague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900

3 9 Circular Covered Box with dragon and phoenix decor

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, second half eighteenth century
Assembled body of hammered and turned bronze with cold-worked
decoration and with a chiseled relief mark in standard-script (kaishu)
characters reading Qiarilorignian zao in a recessed square cartouche on
the base, the interior of the box and cover lined with pewter
20.3 centimeter diameter
Clague Collection Number 210