Two Chinese Decorated Red Lacquer Boxes Late 19th-Early 20th Century The first, lotus form, the lid enamel and gilt painted with a blue bird perched on a flowering and fruiting pomegranate branch against a gilt diaper ground, surrounded by five ruyi-form reserves painted with flowering branches and a peach branch alternating with suspended shou characters, the base painted with lotus scrolls; the second, compressed bulbous form, the lid painted with a blue and gilt five-clawed dragon surrounded by sinuous dragons in clouds, the sides of the lid and base painted with chilongs alternating with shou character roundels. Each with some wear and chips to decoration and lacquer. Diameter of each approximately: 17in (43.2 cm