An extraordinary group of seven jade imperial archer's rings with its imperial inscribed cinnabar lacquer box and cover,Marks and period of Qianlong; the box and cover recorded to have been made in or before 1752清乾隆 御製翡翠和闐玉扳指七枚連御製詩剔紅紫檀落花流水三魚紋蓋盒 《乾隆年製》款據錄漆盒製於乾隆十七年或更早Lacquer box:superbly carved and meticulously incised in exceptionally deep layers of varying relief through the rich red cinnabar, the top surface with three leaping carp representing the rebus ruyu deshui signifying joy and delight, their scales, lateral and dorsal fins all finely incised in meticulous detail, the fish captured in varying vivid poses swimming amid cherry blossoms floating upon turbulent crested waves, the sides similarly decorated with cherry blossoms and crested waves, the interior of the box lacquered black, incised and gilt with a five-column inscription written in regular script, ending with Qianlong dingchou yuti ('imperially inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor in the dingchou year, corresponding to 1757'), the cover with another five-column inscription ending with Qianlong jimao yuti ('imperially inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor in the jimao year, corresponding to 1759'), the base incised with the four-character reign markZitan liner:comprising two parts, the tray masterfully carved from a single trunk of zitan with straight sides and an everted rim, fitted with seven pegs, inscribed to the base in gilt with a seven-column inscription ending with Qianlong xinsi yuti ('imperially inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor in the xinsi year, corresponding to 1761'), the cover delicately carved as a flat disc, inscribed to both sides in gilt with an inscription ending with Qianlong yutiArcher's rings:each varying only slightly in size, with one rounded and one chamfered edgelacquer box: d. 12 cmeach ring: d. 3 cm, h. 2.2 cm来源: Collection of a French family since the 19th century.Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th April 1997, lot 94 and back cover.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2007, lot 602 and cover.法國家族收藏，自十九世紀始香港佳士得1997年4月27日，編號94及封底香港蘇富比2007年4月8日，編號602及封面文学: Christie’s 20 Years in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 380-381.Sotheby’s. Forty Years in Asia, Hong Kong, 2013, p. 38.《香港佳士得二十週年回顧》，香港，2006年，頁380-381《蘇富比亞洲四十年》，香港，2013年，頁38