A small melon-shaped ceramic pot (part a). Pot has grey glaze except near bottom. With wood stand (part b).

Ink stick, oval in cross-section, decorated with pines, clouds, and Chinese characters.

Rectangular block of black ink with raised edges, a deer figure (symbol of longevity) standing amongst foliage and rocks and indented Chinese characters on one face, both the characters and the deer coloured with gold lacquer (?), and raised Chinese characters on the reverse.

Rectangular block of ink with two indented brown Chinese characters above a slightly raised image of a building with a tiered roof on one face and a series of Chinese characters on the reverse.

Ink slab in a rectangular shape with slightly raised, rounded edges, and intaglio Chinese characters in gold on both faces.

Set of two black ink slabs: a) has scalloped ends with a slightly raised landscape design featuring a portion of a building on one face, and two dragons facing one another with three indented Chinese characters between their tails on the reverse; b) is made in the shape of a partially flattened segment of bamboo with a slightly raised landscape design featuring a building in the foreground and mountains in the background on one face, and three Chinese characters on the reverse.

Pair of rose-coloured stone seals with a fu dog on top and a seal carved into the base of each. Part a has several columns of Chinese characters incised into the front, and part b has one column.

Seal carved from one piece of beige agate with brown streaks at one corner. The top of the seal is ornamented with a carved lion figure and the bottom is blank.

Seal made from a naturally formed pointed rock with characters carved in relief on the flat bottom surface.

Seal carved from one piece of light brown streaked agate in a rectangular box shape with one top corner chamfered. The seal is carved into the bottom face and bears a name in Chinese characters.