FOUR CHINESE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED HARDSTONE VESSELS

FOUR CHINESE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED HARDSTONE VESSELS
Comprising a banded agate circular box and cover enveloped in pierced gilt metal, depicting a feline among peonies; a brown agate flattened circular box and cover enveloped in pierced gilt-metal, the cover depicting a bird and the sides foliate scrolls; a brown agate octagonal ink stone enveloped in a gilt-metal mount, decorated with chased overlapping lotus petals; and a green jasper hexagonal small bowl enveloped in pierced gilt-metal, each of the five lobes depicting a deer amid scrolling foliage
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long, the ink stone