[Pao made embossed box]
Pao made embossed box, with a height of 5.7 cm and a diameter of 2.2 cm
The box is flat and round, with small mouth and flat bottom. The mouth edge is inlaid with ivory mouth, and is equipped with a hollow persimmon pattern tooth cover, which is worn by yellow ribbon. The mouth edge is decorated with a scroll of grass around it, and the four sunflower shaped openings on the box body are decorated with lotus flowers, scroll grass, and glossy ganoderma surrounded by a cluster of “Swastika (ten thousand) longevity” patterns, implying longevity and auspiciousness. At the bottom of the box, there are four characters in regular script “Kangxi Appreciation”
The decoration is clear, the inlay is right, the body is round and full like a melon, and it is vivid and lovely.
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