Pieces of Chinese ink, broken but contained within a small cardboard box, tied with ribbon.
Translation front 鳳來儀 (Chinese: fèng-lái-yí)”: "arrival of the Phoenix". This is a Chinese idiom which is a metaphor referring to the arrival of blessings and fortune. The bird is a Phoenix, which is a fortune creature in East Asian mythology.
Translation back 徽歙曹素功監製: “Supervised and made by Huishe Cao Sugong”
“徽歙曹素功” is the name of an ink company
“徽歙 (Hui-she)” is a shorten name of She County and the historical regional name of Huizhou
“曹素功 (Cao Sugong)” is a well-known ink producer in Qing Dynasty of China
The last character is likely to be “製” which means 'made or produced.'
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