A soapstone figure group

LATE QING DYNASTY

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A soapstone figure group
Late Qing Dynasty
A group of eleven figures including the Immortals Shoulao, Guanyin and Li Tieguai, Cao Guojin, Han Xiangzi and He Xiangu, all standing on different levels of a high rockwork platform pierced and carved with cloudscrolls, the stones varying in shades of pale grey, green, brown and russet tones, the rockwork and some details of the figures with pigment (minor restoration)
38 cm. high, including stand

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