A Cantonese ivory card case carved with a gourd-shaped cartouche of figures on terraces before pavilions, on a ground carved with vine leaves -- 2¾in.high; another carved with figures at leisure in boats and on pavilion terraces -- 3¼.in.high; and a larger card case carved to one side with two shaped cartouches of figures on pavilions terraces, the reverse with a cruciform cartouche similarly carved -- 4½in.high. (3)

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A Cantonese ivory card case carved with a gourd-shaped cartouche of figures on terraces before pavilions, on a ground carved with vine leaves -- 2¾in.high; another carved with figures at leisure in boats and on pavilion terraces -- 3¼.in.high; and a larger card case carved to one side with two shaped cartouches of figures on pavilions terraces, the reverse with a cruciform cartouche similarly carved -- 4½in.high. (3)

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