Ming Dynasty Finely and elaborately inlaid over the entire exterior surface with shaped pieces and strips of iridescent shell in a variety of shades of pink, white and green, the flat top with three horsemen and foot servants passing though an inscribed gate in front of two pavilions on a willow terrace, all within a broad border of floral cell-pattern, the shaped apron reserved with four large cartouches of an animal amongst flower blooms, the legs with dense vertical coiling leafy flowerhead meanders, the flat base with a lordly crested peacock at the centre of a peony terrace, on a low tiered pierced base, Japanese wood box. 66cm (25 7/8in) high x 36cm (15 1/2in) deep x 39.5cm (14 1/4in) wide. (2).