FINE CLOISONNE SQUARE-FORM BOX AND COVER, REPUBLIC PERIOD, decorated throughout in coloured enamels, the cover a roundel enclosing a scholar, flanked by two five clawed dragons, over setting a shou symbol and above a flowering jardiniere, the sides with four panels depicting scholars and attendants, each divided at the corners by further panels of calligraphy, the stepped shaped stand raised on four scroll feet, 20cm wide