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Dimensions: 37 x 15 x 14 cm. Lid of the box: View of Qom (Persia), Silk Road trading center and a center of religious study and scholarship Bottom of the box: View of Kashan (Persia): city located along the Silk Road, it was an important hub for trade between the Middle East and Asia. Inside a loose plate: Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Armenia) and the surrounding according to Chardin. All three etchings from the account of Jean Chardin ""Journal du voyage en Perse et aux Indes orientales"", published in 1686 in Paris. Long side of the box: ""Habits ordinaires des personnes qui composent l'Université d'Oxford"", Three rows of men standing full-length, dress in different academic gowns and hats, each of them numbered with key below image (Pieter Van der Aa, 1733) Other long side of the box: ""Habits ordinaires des personnes qui composent l'Université de Cambridge"" (Pieter Vander Aa, 1733) The bottom of the box is coated with red velvet, the box has two handles but the key is lost, box is open. Weight: 4020 gram