A ZITAN BOX AND SLIDING COVER

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A ZITAN BOX AND SLIDING COVER
19TH CENTURY

The square cover carved in shallow relief with a an archaistic bi disc decorated with grain-pattern and a mask meander, the highly polished heavy wood of purplish-black tone, containing 32 ivory games pieces each inscribed with a character and stained red or green-- 5½in. (14cm.) square

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