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A Chinese armorial ivory rectangular box and cover
carved with a central coat of arms bearing two crests below a ship among garlands of flowers surmounting a motto "In Time," flanked by deeply carved panels of figures at various activities among trees and buildings within a key-fret border, the sides with similar panels -- 7in (19.1cm) wide, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 12
carved with a central coat of arms bearing two crests below a ship among garlands of flowers surmounting a motto "In Time," flanked by deeply carved panels of figures at various activities among trees and buildings within a key-fret border, the sides with similar panels -- 7in (19.1cm) wide, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 12