Lot of 7 hardstones including : - Lot 435

Lot of 7 hardstones including : - two carved subjects in green hardstone, each depicting a woman holding a branch bearing one or two peaches. H. 17.5 cm - H. 18 cm - two small seals in marbled brown hardstone, each surmounted by a stylized Buddhist lion, the base smooth. H. 7.2 cm - H. 8 cm - a water vase or painter's bucket, uncovered, in gray hardstone, with carved foliage and flowers, standing on a small oval foot. H. 5.4 cm - L. 11 cm - a decorative rock in orange hardstone, with carved decoration in light relief of two old men in a boat pointing at a duck in a wooded lakescape near a bridge on one side, and a figure under a tree also pointing at a pair of birds on the other side. H. 5 cm - L. 5.5 cm China, 20th century A carved sodalite subject forming an owl is attached. Height: 5 cm