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AN INKSTONE AND HARDWOOD BOX
Carved from a purplish-brown stone in the shape of a large melon growing from a leafy stem with smaller melons two bearing seals, the underside with a butterfly, the edge with a third seal, the box with a lengthy inscription around a celadon jade plaque carved to depict a vase of flowers--11in. (28cm.) long
Carved from a purplish-brown stone in the shape of a large melon growing from a leafy stem with smaller melons two bearing seals, the underside with a butterfly, the edge with a third seal, the box with a lengthy inscription around a celadon jade plaque carved to depict a vase of flowers--11in. (28cm.) long