A PAINTED AND GILT-DECORATED LACQUER 'GEESE' INKSTONE XINGYOUHENGTANG HALL MARK, QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD

of rectangular form with a recessed inkwell, the exterior lacquered in brown and painted with scenes of geese resting on a shoreline punctuated with reeds, the top edge inscribed with a reign mark reading Daoguang Xingyouhengtang zhi