Reddit reviews Chinese Calligraphy Set with Red Silk Box
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Dimensions: 11"W x 7.5"D x 2"HSet includes six brushes, ink grinding stone, and ink stickAlso contains porcelain water dish, ladle mixer, seal, paperweight, brush rest, and red seal inkComes in elegant red silk boxPerfect for beginners and advanced artists
It's a Chinese seal, often called a 'chop' in Western terminology. Traditionally they have a carving on the bottom and are used with bright red ink as a signature on artwork and business papers.
If you're in the West, they often come in gift sets like this with the seal, red ink, ink stone, brushes, etc. Yours, with the Chinese lion on top, looks like a common modern soapstone one, probably unetched on the bottom. I can't speak with certainty, but it's probably worthless, I'm sorry to say.
I also can't read the text; I study Japanese, not Chinese, but I'm sure someone who can will show up soon.
edit: Let me say, though, I've never run across one that had script on the side like that. It was definitely done by hand, as the kanji seem to be somewhat sloppy and undefined. It also seems a fair bit more weathered than I see in common ones, so it may have some age and history that gives it some value. You may want to post it in r/translator and see what the Chinese speakers have to say about what is written on it.