For anyone who is reading this, please do not get it wrong that these fake "antiques" do not worth anything, they are beautiful objects and the maker is definetly very talented. Take the example of this molded inkstone, the person who made the mold is absolutely very talented and did a great job of reverse carving the wooden mold. The characters are very well depicted. One glance anyone who knows the story of the eight immortals are immediately recognized. As far as I know, reverse wood carving itself is a dying art. What we do not like is people sell these as antiques. Actually these are made from composite material, some of them were baked after it's out of the mold. This one is one of the better one I've seen. A lot of these are seen with very intricate carvings of dragons, there is a web site devoted selling these as antique and they are selling for $400+. To be polite, we will not list the web address here. Hope the web master will realize it's conscious and indicating what truly these inkstones are made from. On Ebay, we often see black dragon inkstones, oxen with a boy, ... they belong to the same category. At least we appreciate sellers do not call them "Antique" and they do not list them at sky high prices. These pieces are made in quantities and the material is usually very cheap, they should not be asking too much for it and they have no collecting value. If you are a buyer, buy because you like the design, not because you want to start your collecting of inkstones. Because they really should not be called inkstones. They are one format of souvenir's items.