A jade book of poetry


Comprised of five rectangular thinly sectioned 'pages' of mottled white color with russet and grey inclusions mounted within a brocade and hardwood cover, inscribed in gilt to the verso and recto in Tang poetry in gilt seal script, the last page bearing a fancifully apocryphal Da Ming Jiazi Nian Zheng Yue date and a square cartouche reading Meng shi. 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 1 1/8in (19.4 x 11.7 x 2.8cm)