A rare Chinese bamboo veneered quatrelobed box, the cover inset with a later green glass panel, the sides decorated with bats and scrolling fungus, 18th/19th century, minor faults, 8.2cm. (2)
Cf. L. C. Tam Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I No.180 for a similar box with an inset glass cover from the collection of Miss Shum Ching-chi.
Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough.
