AN UNUSUAL AND FINELY DETAILED VINTAGE CHINESE INK CAKE, FIRST-HALF 20TH CENTURY, with parcel gilt and polychrome highlighted decoration on a circular rounded drum form centering a square panel of intricately arranged raised character mark text within borders of roaring five-claw dragons above sides with six circular reserves enclosing auspicious fruits, flowers, animals, and symbols flanked by blossoming foliage reversing to an underside with a raised rectangular six-character red seal stamp. Height: 1 5/8" Diameter: 6"

There is a crack in this ink cake due to drying of the material.

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