Late 18th-mid 19th Century Primarily carved as an old tree trunk forming a vessel or vase at the center and surrounded by leafy blossoming branches of prunus, peony and millet that cover the surface, a hunched figure of a bearded and robed gentleman sits to one side (possibly Xu Xian) on a rocky outcrop, his large straw hat stored on his back, before him stands a long-tailed bird whilst under nearby knotty branches a mythical three-legged toad squats almost un-noticed, above on the interior rim of the tree-trunk are two slithering snakes (possibly Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing). 3 3/4in (9.5cm) high