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  Shiwen Box with Gold-Painted Peonies and Eight Treasures
  The box is shaped like a water chestnut, with four short feet at the bottom. The whole body of the box is coated with brown lacquer, on which gold scraps are scattered. And it is adorned with...
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  Black-Lacquer Twin Plates with a Gold-Painted Landscape Design
  The plate is shaped like two overlapping diamonds and coated with black lacquer as the background, on which there's gold-painted landscape.
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  Red Lotus Leave Shaped Dish
  The lotus leaf shaped dish is coated with red lacquer and carved with water motifs. The polished center of the dish is round, symbolizing a full moon.
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  Oblong Red Box with a Cloud-and-Dragon Design
  The box is square, with four short feet at the four corners of the bottom. The whole body is coated with red lacquer and there are ten giant dragons partly hidden and partly visible among the...

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