inset with three jade plaques carved in low relief, the largest of ovoid form depicting Shoulao and two attendants in a rocky landscape beneath pine trees, the mid-section of an immortal paddling in a raft, and the smallest plaque with a boy standing beneath a leafy wutong tree holding a peach, the shaft inlaid with a 'hundred' stylized shou characters in silver thread

購於紐約，1972年或更早

The jade plaques are later replacements and have been glued to the shaft. The largest plaque with a small crack approx. 1/4 in. (0.7 cm) long to the edge. and the other two plaques with scattered minute nicks to the surface.
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