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A hand-carved Chinese soapstone sculpture depicting a songbird perched among lotus blossoms, buds, and leaves, set on a naturalistic rockwork base with a small carved animal detail to the side. The stone shows lovely natural mottling, soft grays with warm russet-orange running through the petals, a classic look for this style of Chinese decorative carving.
Comes complete with its original fitted presentation box, covered in gold and blue brocade silk with a woven geometric pattern and a paper label bearing Chinese characters and a red seal stamp.
Measurements:Carving: approx. 5" tall x 4" wideCondition:Small chip to the tip of one petal on the upper left flower (see photo). Top most leaf on right side appears to have been broken and polished down at some point.
Please review all photos closely.Materials: Carved soapstone, silk brocade presentation boxCarefully packed to protect the delicate carved petals in transit.
