"Soap Box" China end of QIANLONG period, circa 1780

Exportware : Rare round box and cover used as a soap box, decorated with a sleeping lady and a man covering her shoulders in a medaillion.
End of QIANLONG period circa 1780-1790
Diameter 10 cm
Perfect condition
Listed in HERVOUET's "La Porcelaine des Compagnies de Indes à Décor Occidental" (planche 7.61, page 162).