The ink stick is held in a plain wooden box inlaid with yellow silk. The date 1980 is inscribed on one side of the stick with Chinese characters 博雅 in gold, with a seal imprint in red, and silver decoration around the edges. The other side has a pearl-like object embedded near the top, below it the characters 樂在書中 in gold, with similar decoration around the edges. One sided edge has in gold 徽州胡開文, the other 深圳博雅特製千禧墨.