A large Cantonese porcelain octagonal covered box, late Qing to early 20th century, the domed box centred with a reserve of courtly figures engaged in a narrative in a garden pavilion setting enclosed by a broad floral border embellished with Daoist symbols, the lower register with four similarly decorated shaped figural reserves; bearing a double bordered apocryphal Qianlong stamp underside, height 26 cm, length 34 cm, width 34 cm