Writing box (suzuribako) of wood, the lid decorated with design of a cockerel standing on a barrel inlaid in tortoiseshell, ivory and mother-of-pearl, also lacquer: Japan, 19th century

Writing box (suzuribako) with lid, lacquered wood decorated on the lid with a landscape in raised gold takamakie and inside with birds on the shore, containing inkstone, water dropper and tray: Japan, mid 18th century

Ink-stone, carved with a chrysanthemum, with wooden case: China, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century AD

Inkstone in form of a peach and bat motif, of stoneware with celadon glaze: Japan, by Suwa Sozan II, 1922 - 1977

Lid, of wood, for the case of an ink-stone: China, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century AD