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17TH CENTURY
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**A Well-Carved Ivory Circular Seal Paste Box and Cover
17th Century
The top carved in relief with a man wearing a straw hat and holding a staff seated beneath a pine tree amidst goats, with buildings in the distance, within a line border above a band of foliate scroll on the sides, the box carved with a frieze of foliate meander incorporating five bats, the wufu, and with a recessed medallion on the base carved with a dragon reserved on a wave ground
26in. (6.2cm.) diam.
17th Century
The top carved in relief with a man wearing a straw hat and holding a staff seated beneath a pine tree amidst goats, with buildings in the distance, within a line border above a band of foliate scroll on the sides, the box carved with a frieze of foliate meander incorporating five bats, the wufu, and with a recessed medallion on the base carved with a dragon reserved on a wave ground
26in. (6.2cm.) diam.