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A Chinese jichimu wood rectangular box and cover
inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl, soapstone, lapis, malachite, coral and turquoise with scholars and female attendants at a table reading albums and scrolls beside rockwork, the sides with stylised dragons above bands of playing boys at various activities -- 8.in (20.3cm) wide, Qianlong sealmark on a mother-of-pearl tablet and of the period, (some inlay missing and restuck, old resoration to some inlay).
See Colour Plate 39.
inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl, soapstone, lapis, malachite, coral and turquoise with scholars and female attendants at a table reading albums and scrolls beside rockwork, the sides with stylised dragons above bands of playing boys at various activities -- 8.in (20.3cm) wide, Qianlong sealmark on a mother-of-pearl tablet and of the period, (some inlay missing and restuck, old resoration to some inlay).
See Colour Plate 39.