Fine 18th/19th Century Chinese Carved Red Cinnabar Lacquer Square Box with a finely detailed sceene of Scholars and attendants welcoming Cranes. Few small chips to edge and inside edge of bottom, two small chips to corner of top.Size 6 3/4 inches (17 cm.) square. Provenance: Christie's, NY, 17-18 September 2015, Lot 2097. From the collection of Reverend Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942), and thence by descent within the family. Exhibited: Columbus, Ohio, American Methodist Missions Centenary Celebration, 20 June - 7 July 1919; with labels to base and cover.