One Acre Gardener

Shimuyuanding (十畝園丁) means “someone who gardens ten mu.” One mu is about 1/6 of an acre but I’ve rounded it down to one acre for the English title. Chinese language chop with four white characters from top to bottom and right to left.

• Inscription: 十畝園丁
• Pinyin: shimuyuanding
• Collection: Renee Lin
• Material: white calcite
• Carver’s mark: 十畝園丁。魯。
• Size: 1.2 x 1.3 cm.
• Date: August 2013
• Registry: cs275