An ivory puzzle ball on stand, the ball of 8.5 cm. diameter carved to the exterior with sinuous dragons and foliate tendrils, with nine or more pierced concentric balls to the interior; raised upon a carved and turned stand including a revolving cylindrical section above a section carved with a landscape with miniature figures, supported above a well carved figure of Shao Lao, all standing upon a carved and pierced domed circular base. Height 36.5 cm