A CARVED BAMBOO 'FISHERMAN' WRISTREST, SIGNED HU CHEN QING DYNASTY

of arched rectangular form, carved in low-relief to the top with a fisherman fishing by water, below a gnarled overhanging pine tree growing from a craggy cliff, inscribed with six characters reading renxu qiu Hu Chen zuo (made by Hu Chen in the autumn of renxu year), the surface patinated to a warm reddish-brown color