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A Chinese two-colour soapstone boulder
in the form of a mountain, carved in relief with birds in flight among wisteria and blossoming branches issuing from rockwork below clouds -- 5.in (12.7cm) high; another of honey tone carved with fish -- 3.in (7.6cm) high; a seal of similar colour and of irregular form carved with a fisherman beside a bridge -- 2.in (5.1cm) high; another in the form of bamboo sections -- 2¾.in (7cm) high; a similar pair of seals carved with cockerels, hens and chicks -- 4.in (10.2cm) high; another carved with a group of rams -- 2½.in (6.4cm) high; a mottled green soapstone seal carved with a seated rhinoceros -- 2¼.in (5.7cm) high; three pairs of soapstone seals carved with birds, lions and buffalos -- 2¾.in (7cm) high max; a pair of creamy soapstone rectangular seals carved with stylised dragons -- 3.in (7.6cm) high, all with fitted boxes; three further of irregular forms carved with trees and rockwork; another with a lion; and a further twenty-five soapstone seals of varying sizes and colours carved with figures, animals and of irregular forms, 19th/20th Century.
See Colour Plate 2 for first seven items . (44)
in the form of a mountain, carved in relief with birds in flight among wisteria and blossoming branches issuing from rockwork below clouds -- 5.in (12.7cm) high; another of honey tone carved with fish -- 3.in (7.6cm) high; a seal of similar colour and of irregular form carved with a fisherman beside a bridge -- 2.in (5.1cm) high; another in the form of bamboo sections -- 2¾.in (7cm) high; a similar pair of seals carved with cockerels, hens and chicks -- 4.in (10.2cm) high; another carved with a group of rams -- 2½.in (6.4cm) high; a mottled green soapstone seal carved with a seated rhinoceros -- 2¼.in (5.7cm) high; three pairs of soapstone seals carved with birds, lions and buffalos -- 2¾.in (7cm) high max; a pair of creamy soapstone rectangular seals carved with stylised dragons -- 3.in (7.6cm) high, all with fitted boxes; three further of irregular forms carved with trees and rockwork; another with a lion; and a further twenty-five soapstone seals of varying sizes and colours carved with figures, animals and of irregular forms, 19th/20th Century.
See Colour Plate 2 for first seven items . (44)