Vintage Chinese Pair of Handcarved Inkan Marble Name Stamp w/ Foo Dog 3.5" Tea Ceremony This is a beautiful hand

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Vintage Chinese Pair of Handcarved Inkan Marble Name Stamp w/ Foo Dog 3.5" Tea Ceremony This is a beautiful handThis is a pair of matching vintage Chinese marble stone name stamps. In Japan and China one does not sign, but rather stamp ones name with a chop or inkan like this one. These inkan have nicely carved names in Chinese Seal Script characters and hand carved foo dog on top. The foo dog carving is very well done. The foo dog was a mythological creature, half dog and half lion, with the spunk of both. It was a friend of mankind and guardian of the spirit