A Chinese export games box, 19th century,

painted with a central shaped catouche featuring figures in a garden setting, surrounded by dense scrolls, mythical beasts, phoenixes and dragons, with five lidded compartments and eleven trays similarly decorated,
together with a Chinese export sewing box,
with twin handles and a sectioned interior with two lidded compartments with ivory handles, a further drawer with a lidded compartment to the front, and terminating on carved paw feet

Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: PQ8513Z4
Ivory - Important Information: This lot contains ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018.

The rectangular example 38cm wide, 31cm deep, 12cm high, the other 36cm wide, 27cm deep, 17cm high

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Condition Report:

Each with knocks, losses associated with age and use, the gilding rubbed. The rectangular example with a cracked cover and losses to the top right, and bottom right/left, the trays lacquered backing coming away in some examples. No key present to the shaped example.