A stick of Chinese ink given to Joseph Needham by E.H. Hokes from Czechoslovakia. The stick has gold edging decoration, and the characters 千秋光 in gold. The underside is decorated with a traditional Chinese picture of a Chinese scholar underneath a pine tree, with gold characters in seal script. The side has the maker’s inscription 徽州老胡開文廣戶氏製. The paper card box has the name of the donor inside the lid.