Fruit pit carving

Olive core carving has recently been recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Guangdong Province of China.

The minute detail of the carved pit includes four working windowpanes, five human figures, flower patterns, and poems.

The piece is remembered in "Nut Carving Boat," a literary passage included in some Chinese middle school textbooks.

Chen is a court artist in the Qing dynasty, best known for Boat Carved from an Olive Stone.

Today, the work is part of the collection of National Palace Museum Lived from 1881 to 1960 in Weifang, Shandong Province.