14 DAY TRIAL // The marvelous sculpture pictured above is one of the most intricate artworks you will ever see as it represents an incredibly detailed Chinese boat carved out of an olive pit.
The stunning work of art, called Carved Olive-Stone Boat, is a great example of excellent craftsmanship, detail and skill and was crafted by Chinese artist Ch’en Tsu-chang in 1737, during the Ch’ing dynasty. The natural shape of the tiny pit allowed the master carver to transform it into a miniature boat, curving up at both ends.
The olive pit was carefully hollowed out to create the boat, which comes with eight detailed figures accurately reproduced with unique expressions, and measures just 3.4 cm (1.34 inches) in length and 1.6 cm (0.63 inches) tall. The interior of the boat includes chairs, dishes, movable windows and even a wheel and a figure handling the ship.
The doors are beautifully decorated and several thin columns support the entire structure.
And that's not all, as on the hull of the boat, the talented artist painstakingly engraved the entire text of “Latter Ode on the Red Cliff” by Su Shih, which includes more than 300 characters.
According to Bored Panda, the sculpture is now on display at the National Palace Museum in Taipei City, Taiwan.