The ingenius contrast in working the tonal difference of the natural stone into an overall design was a lapidary skill that was particularly well executed by Qing dynasty master craftsmen. Compare with two examples both from the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated to the mid Qing period, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, 1991, vol. 6, p.89, no. 137, for a group of peach, finger critus and lingzhi hollowed as a vase; and a peach and lingzhi on rockwork vase, p. 92, no. 142.