Quadrangular, shaped, on two sides a pair of circular metal rings coming out from the mouth of animal heads, an additional container inside, the domed lid surmounted by a finial shaped as a Fo dog, two sides of the main container and the outside of the lid decorated with lake landscapes with rocks, trees, huts and junks with figures, inscriptions on the two other sides of the container, masks, lid finial and edges of the three pieces enriched by gilding, on the base an adhesive. Guangxu period mark, label at the base? 'Santini Norico -?via Baltimora 19/ Torino - tel. 327554'. 6.5 x 9.1 x 7.5 in. TAGS: Oriental Art China