Green glazed rectangular four-legged tile ink holder. It has a groove-shaped front and 2 holes at the top. Between the two holes there is an ornament depicting a lying lion.
A cylindrical flanged ink container was inserted into one of the holes. The other hole was the place of a blotting sand holder. The blotting sand was used to dry the ink. Most often it was made of yellow sand. They put the pen stem with the pen tip into the trough. Ink containers were custom-made, rare items.