A group of three inkstones, 19th/20th century, comprising one carved with a fruiting lychee branch, wood box and cover of lychee fruit form; another carved with a dragon among clouds, wood box and cover with mother of pearl inlaid bird and prunus tree; and another carved with numerous cash, each with inscriptions on the reverse(7) 18 cm, 24 cm and 15 cm overall other notes the inscriptions read 1 - Zuo shu chou shao bing ke xing Huang yu 2 - er ju zhi yan ke neng guan yan and seal wen zhi 3 - chong zhen tong bao