A Chinese circular ink cake, Qing Dynasty, inscribed 'Da Qing Qian Long Nian Cao X Gong Zhi' ('Made by Cao Gong in the Great Qianlong period') within a gilt square, and 'Yu Zhi' (gifted);, decorated with dragons and characters with traces of gilding and polychrome, 15.2 cm diameter. Provenance: A Melbourne private collection: an old Tasmanian collection