A finely inlaid zitan tiered box and cover Ming Dynasty, 16th Century

rectangular in form, the cover finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl, coral, jade, lapis lazuli and other hardstones with a hunting scene, depicting an archer taking aim at a monkey in the high branches of a pine tree on the far bank of a fast flowing stream, looked on by a sage and an attendant under the sun partially obscured by cloud, the interior with one removable tier