Lot Essay
The mark on the radish carving, zhu yin, which may be translated as 'bamboo song', is probably a hao for an artist
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
THREE WELL-CARVED MINIATURE SOAPSTONE CARVINGS
Details
THREE WELL-CARVED MINIATURE SOAPSTONE CARVINGS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
One a tianhuang carving of a woman languidly reclining against an outcropping of pierced rockwork, holding a scroll in her left hand, her loose tunic and pants carved with graceful folds, the stone of rich caramel color; another a tianhuang carving of lingzhi fungus and the third a chicken's blood soapstone carving of radishes, inscribed zhu yin--figure 3 1/8in. (8cm.) long, wood stands, brocade box (3)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
One a tianhuang carving of a woman languidly reclining against an outcropping of pierced rockwork, holding a scroll in her left hand, her loose tunic and pants carved with graceful folds, the stone of rich caramel color; another a tianhuang carving of lingzhi fungus and the third a chicken's blood soapstone carving of radishes, inscribed zhu yin--figure 3 1/8in. (8cm.) long, wood stands, brocade box (3)