LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The inscription, shu qi zhun jian qi zhi zuo zhi kai mo feng wei biao shi, may be translated, 'The exactness, hardness and quality of the wood used to create this model, make this an ideal example of its type,' and is dated bingzi meng qiu (first month of autumn of the bingzi year), followed by Baiyang zizhi ming (self carved by Baiyang), and two seals, Chen and Changyan yin.