The pencile vase is use to puts writing brush's special-purpose utensil, according to the literature record, its material quality has golds-plate, the jadeite, the red sandalwood and the ebony, now we can see are handed down for generations the utensil, mostly is porcelain or is the bamboo manufactures . The pencile vase was China ancient times besides the pen, the ink, the paper, the inkstone the most important library apparatus, probably appeared in the Ming Dynasty mid and late stage. The pencile vase because of the easy to operate, is all the rage the world very quickly, until now still in vogue did not on the wane.

The craft "Four Thing", choose cicada,mantis , orchid , green bamboo design to carved . The work uses the hollows engrave and high relief various method, the work takes the south of Yangzi River gardens typical style, and the work take form of building to unfold. The pure manual artistic carving, has not only demonstrated the Chinese tradition artistic carving in pencile vase nimble and vivid apply, moreover,the south of Yangzi River garden structure characteristic to be vivid description, the artistic carving reaches a high degree of proficiency, actually an extremely good collection. Work height 12.60 centimeters, diameter 14.80 centimeters, the surface paint the varnish.