A RARE OVAL INKSTONE IN A CARVED BAMBOO BOX AND COVER

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A RARE OVAL INKSTONE IN A CARVED BAMBOO BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY

The small plain inkstone with shallow well on one side, inscribed with a line of poetry with the signature Xiangshan on the reverse, snugly fitting into its original intricately carved bamboo box with four tree shrew, leaping from gnarled pine branches--the box 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long, box (2)