Republic period Of tall rectangular section, the first depicting the poet Li Bai as a slightly disheveled scholar holding his cup towards the moon beneath a wutong tree while his boy acolyte holds a wine ewer nearby, the inscription including the signature He Xuren as well as red seals reading Xuren and He Chu with additional seal reading qinglian zuijiu; the second depicting the older Tao Yuanming beneath a different gnarled tree, peering down at the basket of chrysanthemums proffered by his own boy attendant, the inscription including the signature reading He Chu as well as red seals reading Xu Ren and He Chu with additional red seal on the bottom of the plaque reading Yuanming cai ju. 32in (81.3cm) visible height of porcelain (2).