A group of five ink stones


The first a small lidded box of square section enclosing a circular interior well; the second of lidded circular section incised to depict a dragon and carp on the exterior surface; the third a fitted wood box enclosing a rectangular example incised in bat motifs; the fourth slightly larger also enclosed by a box and carved in shallow relief to depict bats and clouds around a circular well; the fifth of irregularly rectangular section incised to depict rabbits and bamboo and reversed by a lengthy inscription possibly from the Shimen song.7 1/2in (19cm) length of last