Two mottled gray hardstone animal carvings
Two mottled gray hardstone animal carvings
The first depicting a qilin and its pup, the stone marked with large russet patches; the second a tortoise supporting on its back a cloud-draped mountain peak rising behind a pair of cranes, the stone marked with veins of varied gray color.
8 1/2 and 9 1/2in (21.5 and 24cm) long (2).
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Two mottled gray hardstone animal carvings
The first depicting a qilin and its pup, the stone marked with large russet patches; the second a tortoise supporting on its back a cloud-draped mountain peak rising behind a pair of cranes, the stone marked with veins of varied gray color.
8 1/2 and 9 1/2in (21.5 and 24cm) long (2).
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