The first of rounded-rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, with a flat lip and protruding oval footrim; depicting three sages conversing beneath a pine tree, the reverse with a 28-character poem, signed by Ma Shaoxuan. The poem may be translated as:
You ask me why I dwell in the mountains purely green;
I smile in silence with mind footloose and fancy-free,
Murmuring streams flow away with blossoms of peach;
Here is a heavenly land of difference with peace and joy.

The second dated seventh month 1898, signed by Ma Shaoxuan; of rounded-rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, with a flat lip and protruding oval footrim, the front interior-painted with a flowering begonia, a dragonfly above; the reverse with a 32-character poem, signature, date and seal. The poem may be translated as:
Flowers are flourishing on the Eastern wall
Happily I open the window to enjoy the soothing breeze
Whereas the fireflies are flying around like sparks
The fragrance seeps through the curtains in the long night