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  1. Filled-in Lacquer Round
  2. Box with Peony Decor
  3. Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-
  4. 1644)
  5. Height           3.27cm
  6. Weight            0.09g
  7.      The box face is 
  8. decorated with a peony 
  9. design set against a 
  10. patterned background.  
  11. The smooth surface is 
  12. a feature of filled-in 
  13. lacquer, in which "lacquer 
  14. of various colors is massed 
  15. into patterns, then smoothed 
  16. flat like a painting."