The surface of this brush pot is carved with the image of “Scholar Viewing the Waterfall”. Within the image, a scholar, accompanied by his boy servant and the boatman, enjoys the view of the waterfall on a boat, with high mountains and misty fog in the background. The jagged rhythms of the pine tree and mountains contrast with the quiet mood of the scholar, who gazes pensively into the bubbling rapids of the cascade. The gestures, expressions and even details of the clothes of the three characters are all vividly depicted with fine craftsmanship.

Signed with poets of Qian Daxin. Qian Daxin (1728–1804) was a historian and linguist of Qing Dynasty China, who served as a commissioner of education and examinations in Guangdong Province. As the proponent of kaozheng approach, Qian Daxin criticized moralizing (praise and blame) interpretations of the Chunqiu and argued that the importance of history should be deemed as valid as importance of classics.