Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel On the back it appears

On the back it appears it may have been sealed

There is one tiny flaw—what looks like a glaze chip just inside the lip

looking as if meeting as friends and equals

especially down the front for marking the bodice and all around the base for marking the hemlines

Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel On the back it appearsNot totally my usual thing, but a hand, and a book, and an inkwell all in one, and gilding too well, how to resist? And I like the thought that this very delicate looking hand is about to pick up a pen. (Or a paintbrush seems to me the little ink pot would work just as well for mixing watercolors.) Displays as nicely open as it does closed as a box, and the two pots are easily removed. 4" x 2 3 4" x 2 3 4" t and in good condition. A bit of loss of the