of circular section, the exterior skillfully carved in running script with three poems and an inscription reading bingshen xiawu zhonghuan muyin shaoliang ti ying Xietang laoyou xiansheng mingji zheng Zhujing laoren Ying Lian baishu (respectfully written by Zhujing laoren Ying Lian at the request of an old friend the venerable Xietang on a cool midsummer evening in the middle of the fifth month of the bingshen year), accompanied by two seals Lian and Zhujing laoren (old man of the bamboo well), followed by two more poems and another inscription reading bingshen xinqiuri ti ying Xietang laodaren ming bingzheng Xuetang Cheng Jingyi (written by Xuetang Cheng Jingyi at the request of the venerable Xietang in the early Autumn of the bingshen year), accompanied by two seals Cheng Jingyi yin (seal of Cheng Jingyi) and Pinsan, the densely grained wood patinated to a dark brown tone