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Round covered box with aged scholar and servant

Dated to 1351
Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Carved lacquer on a fabric-covered wood core;
diam. 12. 1 cm
Unearthed in 1953 from the tomb of the Ren family,
Qingpu county, Shanghai
Shanghai Museum