17th century Of rectangular section, the black-lacquered box finely inlaid in slivers of mother-of-pearl on black lacquer with a young girl playing with two geese on a pier by a wutong tree growing from a gold-chip-ground inlaid with plants by the water, the mother-of-pearl superbly incised with cloud scrolls on the clothes the girl is wearing, veins on the trees and grooves on rocks, the interior of the cover inlaid with a branch of mother-of-pearl petunia, the sides of the cover and body bordered with two coin bands, box. 4.5cm (1 3/4in) long x 3.1cm (1 1/4in) wide x 1.8cm (3/4in) high. (2).