a lapis lazuli scholar?s rock carved into an idealized mountain panorama in descending height.. High on the mountain is a pine tree and lower down is a ledge with a small house and child on a water buffalo. Closer to the mountain foot is a man carrying firewood and a fisherman in a boat with rocks jutting from cresting waves mid-stream. The reverse shows a small pavilion on a high outcropping, a pavilion with a crane in flight and a deer in flight and various trees almost at ground level. A custom fitted silk base is included. There is an inscription in gold at the top and a crane directly underneath. Great Qing Dynasty