A Japanese ivory shoe-horn carved at the top with a toad climbing over a lotus leaf above gilt and mother-of pearl reeds -- 6¾.in.long; a Chinese bamboo spatula carved with birds among foliage -- 17¼.in.long; a Chinese bronze bell decorated with figures of immortals interspersed with calligraphy and studs -- 8½.in.high; and a Chinese shrine containing a wood model of a coiled snake -- 7.in.high. (4)

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A Japanese ivory shoe-horn carved at the top with a toad climbing over a lotus leaf above gilt and mother-of pearl reeds -- 6¾.in.long; a Chinese bamboo spatula carved with birds among foliage -- 17¼.in.long; a Chinese bronze bell decorated with figures of immortals interspersed with calligraphy and studs -- 8½.in.high; and a Chinese shrine containing a wood model of a coiled snake -- 7.in.high. (4)

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