Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel I love traditional Cochiti pottery

I love traditional Cochiti pottery for its bold black against cream painted patterns

but overall the box

with one tiny spot of loss of gold at the edge of one ginkgo leaf

There is one tiny flaw—what looks like a glaze chip just inside the lip

Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel I love traditional Cochiti potteryNot totally my usual thing, but a hand, and a book, and an inkwell all in one, and gilding too well, how to resist? And I like the thought that this very delicate looking hand is about to pick up a pen. (Or a paintbrush seems to me the little ink pot would work just as well for mixing watercolors.) Displays as nicely open as it does closed as a box, and the two pots are easily removed. 4" x 2 3 4" x 2 3 4" t and in good condition. A bit of loss of the