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A Chinese export card and game box containing various implements is featured in June. This
set contains four small boxes of similar decoration, sixty-eight counters, or chips, and eight
trays in the manner of playing cards. The highly collectible mother of pearl chips are
one of the most valuable components of the set, delicately carved as fish, rectangles
and oblong forms with pictorial designs. The black and gold lacquer and gilt painted box
is handsomely decorated by village scenes with sprays of flora and fauna. Finished by
carved, baroque style legs, the piece will be auctioned at an estimate of $750-1,000.