set amidst fronds and scrolling tendrils, another worked in agate with lotus blooms and leaves growing in a pond, with a poem to the reverse, the third imitating jade in white glass and decorated in relief with seated figures surrounded by foliage, 5.7cm max. (3) Provenance: from an English private collection, West Sussex, acquired by the current owner during various tours of duty between 1968 and 1985.