An inscribed circular 'magpie and prunus' ink cake, Ming dynasty, dated Tianqi first year, corresponding to 1621 | 明天啓元年（1621年） 百爵圖墨

An inscribed circular 'magpie and prunus' ink cake, Ming dynasty, dated Tianqi first year, corresponding to 1621

明天啓元年（1621年） 百爵圖墨

the side base inscribed a poem describing Ding Nanyu's carving and an embossed seal of Cheng Youbo; the side embossed with an eight-character mark reading tianqi yuannian chengjunfang zhi (produced by Cheng Junfang dated Tianqi first year)

Diameter 12 cm, 4¾ in.