A FINE CANTONESE BLACK AND GILT OCTAGONAL LACQUER GAME BOX AND COVER of rectangular form standing on winged paw feet, the cover painted with a central panel with a river landscape with figures crossing bridges and sitting by the riverside below a band of scrolling lotus and buddhistic lions, Jean Rofseel à Gand written to the interior, the box containing seven further boxes and covers painted with figures in a garden and twelve card trays, the boxes containing mother-of-pearl gaming chips (some old wear), 19th Century

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A FINE CANTONESE BLACK AND GILT OCTAGONAL LACQUER GAME BOX AND COVER of rectangular form standing on winged paw feet, the cover painted with a central panel with a river landscape with figures crossing bridges and sitting by the riverside below a band of scrolling lotus and buddhistic lions, Jean Rofseel à Gand written to the interior, the box containing seven further boxes and covers painted with figures in a garden and twelve card trays, the boxes containing mother-of-pearl gaming chips (some old wear), 19th Century
36 x 29 x 12.5 cm.

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