THREE HARDSTONE CARVINGS Republic period (4)

THREE HARDSTONE CARVINGS
Republic period
Comprising: a carnelian agate figure of Wenshu standing in flowing robes beside a lion, hongmu stand; an amethyst carving of the sisters Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao sitting side by side; and a carnelian lavender agate tripod incense burner with a Buddhist lion dog finial to the cover and lion head handles suspending freely moving rings, hongmu stand.
The incense burner and cover 15cm (5 7/8in) high. (4).
Footnotes:
民國 硬石雕一組三件

Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Robert Kleiner in 1988, stating it was acquired in 1929 (the agate incense burner and cover); the two other figural groups noted in the 1988 valuation, but without date and location of acquisition.
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