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A Goanese rectangular ebony and ivory box and cover
decorated with struts and dot-motifs surrounding bands of porqupine quills, the interior fitted with rectangular compartments decorated with floral sprays and with ring handles, the trays lifting to reveal five drawers decorated with portraits of a king in a niche, the interior of the cover decorated with figures and elephants beside stupas within a band of meandering vine with numbers from 1 to 28 -- 15½.in (39.4cm) wide.
decorated with struts and dot-motifs surrounding bands of porqupine quills, the interior fitted with rectangular compartments decorated with floral sprays and with ring handles, the trays lifting to reveal five drawers decorated with portraits of a king in a niche, the interior of the cover decorated with figures and elephants beside stupas within a band of meandering vine with numbers from 1 to 28 -- 15½.in (39.4cm) wide.