A pair of imperial boxes and covers with shallow, straight-sided, square box with rim flanged for the cover, which is of similar form and flat-topped; the flat underside of the box similarly decorated. The design comprises a central square motif, outlined by taut cords, in the form of a swastika, a Buddhist emblem of good fortune, with four bats, surrounded on each side by two further bats on a ground of swastika diaper; the sides of box and cover alike with two rectangular panels, each containing two bats, thus representing duo fu (many bats), duo fu (many blessings or much happiness), together with the 卍 wan character, the rebus being wan fu (ten thousand blessings). Inside the cover, incised and filled with gold, the six-character reign-mark, and above, the inscription:

多福寶盒

Duofu baohe

‘Much happiness’ precious boxes

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.