Card/Transcription No.: 540-1b

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four corners are embellished with minute cubes and strips of ebony
and ivory.
The carved and stained ivory scene upon the front panel depicts the
king seated upon a cushioned chair (decorated with garlands),
shooting wild-fowl and fish with bow and arrow. His feet rest upon
a cushioned footstool, and squatting beside them is the queen,
holding in her right hand a lotus flower, and in her left an arrow,
while she looks up appealingly to the king. In front of the royal
couple is a small rectangular pond full of water-lilies and fish,
and above are arrow-pierced fleeing wild-fowl. Below the pond is an
attendant bringing the king's quarry - a large fish and a wild-duck, each impaled upon an arrow. The field of the background is