Soapstone Carving: Beautiful Carving of Lotuses on a VaseSoapstone carving was and still is a popular form of Chinese Carving. The colors of soapstone vary a great deal. It can be subtle, like the combination of tan and rust here, or it can be brilliant with deep reds and browns. The variety of colors orange from beige, tan, rust , brown to white, grey, and black. The softness of the stone is an excellent material for the carvers knife which can turn a stone into a sheet of lacy leaves and flowers. The two

Condition: in general good condition

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as well as the same design on the right and left sides

The pretty moss agate snuff bottle has a good looking flattened round shape and is well hollowed

Note: I recently found a photo of my grandmother seated in her father's garden in Hong Kong

it means there is plenty and never running out so it is adopted as an auspicious symbol of good luck

The cap is a green agate on a black disk

Anytime he needed his ride

There are age cracks on the surface  but the vase and carvings are intact

The late dating of this guanyin figure is the based on the closed bottom

The foot is flat but the top of the bottle is concave in form

They brought the secrets of the famous glazes and their descendents continued their pottery making and it continues to flourish today in the town of Shiwan