清十九 / 二十世紀 白玉題詩「漁人圖」珮

of rounded rectangular section, carved on one side in low relief with a fisherman on a boat, the foreground detailed with plants and tempestuous waves, the reverse inscribed with Xing Xiu's poem Yufu tu ('Picture of a fisherman'), the translucent stone of an even milky-white tone, an aperture pierced through the upper centre for threading a beaded string

The plaque is in good condition.
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Xing Xiu was a poet from the late Qing dynasty. His poem Yufu tu ('Picture of a fisherman') focuses on the the life of a fisherman based in the Yangtze river and highlights the dichotomous relationship between hardship and freedom in a fisherman's work.