A hardstone inlaid three-tiered picnic box and cover, Tihe, of rectangular form, the three beaded rimmed trays stacked above one another below the cover, the top inlaid in mother of pearl and various hardstones with a pair of cranes wading through a lotus pond with butterflies hovering above, all on a base frame set with uprights flanked by foliate scrolls surmounted by an arched handle secured by a long metal pin, together with an inlaid hardwood ruyi sceptre, the head decorated with a pair of ducks in a lotus pond and the shaft with lotus, fish and fruiting peach branches, (2), the box 25 cm high, 32 cm wide, 18.5 cm deep, the sceptre 46 cm long.