The flute is stored in three fitted wood boxes, the largest with an inscription dated to the Meiji period. The jichimu box is carved with a four-character inscription reading Liao Xiecheng zao (made by Liao Xiecheng), the inner cypress box has a two-character inscription chang shen (unobstructed mind). The interior of the box has a further inscription dated to the Meiji period.

Provenance: Kagedo Gallery, Orcas, Washington.
The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar's Objects; Christie's New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1183.

Literature: S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings and Related Scholar's Objects, Chicago, 1999, no. 66.

Exhibited: Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Spirit Stones of China, The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings and Related Scholar's Objects, 1 May-1 August 1999.

Christie's. Important Chinese Art Including the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman, New York, 22 march 2024.