A Chinese silver filigree shaped rectangular card case decorated with a stylised dragon and flowering branches among scrolling bands -- 3½.in.high; a coconut shell cup carved with a figure crossing a bridge beside a boat -- 3.in.diam; and an Indian tortoiseshell plaque carved with a standing deity flanked by two dragons above a mask -- 4.in.high. (3)

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A Chinese silver filigree shaped rectangular card case decorated with a stylised dragon and flowering branches among scrolling bands -- 3½.in.high; a coconut shell cup carved with a figure crossing a bridge beside a boat -- 3.in.diam; and an Indian tortoiseshell plaque carved with a standing deity flanked by two dragons above a mask -- 4.in.high. (3)

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