of cylindrical form, well and intricately carved with a continuous scene of Daoist scholars gathered around a table drinking herbal tea while ladies play musical instruments to one side and a small boy boils water on the other, all amidst craggy rockwork and towering pine and wutong trees, resting on three low, bracket-form feet

Ho Cheung，香港

There are several vertical splits rising from the base.
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