A HUANGHUALI SCROLL BOX AND COVER18th century The rectangular cover exquisitely carved on each side with writhing archaistic chilong amidst scrolling clouds and auspicious lingzhi , the base with two scroll supports in the form of chilong with curved backs, the base and cover interior lacquered red. 59.5cm (23 1/2in) long. (2). 十八世紀 黃花梨長方卷軸盒 Intricately carved with elaborate designs of chilong and yi , the present box was likely produced for use by a high-ranking member of the Qing Court or scholar-official elite. Scroll boxes bearing a similar form as the present example were favoured by the Qianlong emperor to preserve his own poems and essays. pare with a related zitan scroll box, 18th century, illustrated in Qing Legacies: The Sumptuous Art of Imperial Packaging , Macau, 2000, no.4. See also a related carved cinnabar lacquer box decorated with dragons, Qianlong, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Ibid. , no.14.pare with a related pair of zitan scroll boxes, Qianlong, which were sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 1998, lot 231.