Antique Chinese ebony lacquer box, 19th c. Crafted in a rectangular form, with loop handle, the exterior decorated with gilt hand painting depicted noble figures and attendants in various pursuits within terraced garden landscape scenes, showing Characters of poems and signature seal, all reserved against ebony lacquered ground with dark brown hues. The interior painted in red. Dimension: 11-1/2"L x 7-5/8"W x 12"H