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A Chinese export lacquer rectangular games box and cover
painted and heavily gilt with officials and attendants on a terrace below buildings in gardens, within a border of similar scenes, the sides with shaped cartouches of figures at various pursuits on a ground of butterflies and flowers, the fitted interior containing numerous ivory puzzles and games on two tiers -- 16.in (42cm) wide, early 19th Century, (small chips and old wear).
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painted and heavily gilt with officials and attendants on a terrace below buildings in gardens, within a border of similar scenes, the sides with shaped cartouches of figures at various pursuits on a ground of butterflies and flowers, the fitted interior containing numerous ivory puzzles and games on two tiers -- 16.in (42cm) wide, early 19th Century, (small chips and old wear).
See Illustration.