There will be no through route in the Gardens on Saturday 19 April, and the Gardens are open on Saturday to Spring Fair ticket holders only. Museum visitors need to enter and exit via London Road.
Moulded rectangular ink stick decorated on obverse with impressed seal and title painted in gilt reading: 'wan nian zhi', literally means ten thousand year twig. Impressed seal and inscriptions painted in blue on reverse. Raised inscriptions with the ink maker's name on the side, 'Hu Kai-wen jian zao', production supervised by Hu Kai-wen.
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