A Chinese silk embroidered box containing two lacquer boxes

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A Chinese silk embroidered box containing two lacquer boxes
decorated with insects among prunus and daisies, one fitted with a set of eight ink sticks, carved to each side with buildings among pine in rocky landscapes below lines of calligraphy in gilt, and the other fitted with a set of ten ink sticks similarly carved -- the boxes 8½in. (21.6cm.) long.

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