Inkcake with "A Hundred 
Children at Play" Motif
Yeh Hsuan-ch'ing
Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-
1644)
Thickness:          1.8cm
Diameter:          16.1cm
     This is a round black 
inkcake carved on both 
sides  with  a motif  of 
"A  Hundred  Children  at 
Play." At the edges there
are two inscriptions, one 
reading "Ink from the first
year of T'ien-ch'i period
[A.D. 1621],   from  the 
collection of the Ts'ang-
ts'ang Studio;" the other 
reading "Yeh Hsuan-ch'ing 
of   Hsin-tu   made  this 
according to Li T'ing-kuei's
method."