18th Century The cover carved in deep relief with a dense design of leafy foliage and gnarly branches supporting fecund lychee fruit each individually carved, some with cell-grounds, others more realistically, the continuous design continuing down the vertical cylindrical sides and stopping at a thin band above the plain short foot of the box which is very neatly carved to the base with a geometric T-shaped pattern divided by small wan symbols, the box with indented vertical cylidrical sides which neatly slide within the domed cover 3in (7.6cm) diameter